First, it may be worthwhile looking through pennies for collector’s items, like wheat pennies, or other rare versions. Then also keep all pennies from before 1982 - the worth of the copper in those pennies is more than the face value of the pennies themselves. One pennies are no longer currency, you can sell them for their worth in copper.
I remember traveling in Italy in the 1970’s after a currency revaluation of some sort. Most small stores and street vendors had a dish near the cash register filled with postage stamps and candy. There was a country-wide shortage of small coins, so after you got your bills in change, you’d take stamps and candy to make up the difference.
Buying an espresso and then getting chocolate for change- I really thought the Italians had life figured out!
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