They Lost the Penny—But Coin Collectors Hope Its End is the Start of Something New

Ryan Quinlan belongs to five banks, but he can't he get withdrawals in the denomination he wants? Why? Because, he says, he wants pennies by the thousands. "I had a good system down," said Quinlan, a 28-year-old software engineer currently living in North Carolina. "Despite that, I'm just not able to get pennies. It is a little sad, but I guess it's kind of an inevitability.†Key Takeaways For years, Quinlan has picked up boxes—usually containing 50 rolls, or 2,500 pennies—for "coin roll hunting,†in which ...