compuease;347674 wrotelol, our govt and lack of communication.. Went to sub post office in Shoppers near me to buy 1 stamp... lol, can't remember the last time I needed a stamp.. Anyways clerk says $.71 (are they really that much?), I give here $.75 thinking I'll get a nickel back.. Nope, she gives me 4 pennies.. I ask her, aren't you supposed to round down to nearest nickel, she tells me the post office doesn't do that.. Huh?
They don't have to round if they have 1-cent coins. The coins will be taken out of circulation only by the bank. Eventually the supply will dwindle and then they will have to round.
I lol more at the government link posted by DJ.
PHASING OUT THE PENNY
Officially we do not have pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters - those are American designations.