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Posted by bob <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=bob' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 21, 2025, 10:26 pm

Wood River is not accepting pennies now. I didn't think you could refuse cash in payment.

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Posted by Joe Smith <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Joe+Smith' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 22, 2025, 9:18 am, in reply to "Wood River"

Legally they don't have to accept pennies, at least on a federal level. In this wretched state however who knows?

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Posted by Bluangel <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Bluangel' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 22, 2025, 11:02 am, in reply to "Wood River"

Government-issued coins are considered legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues in the United States.

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Posted by Millgirl <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Millgirl' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 22, 2025, 11:50 am, in reply to "Re: Wood River"

Wood River will not except pennies as payment due to this:

President Donald Trump instructed the U.S. Treasury Department in February to phase out production of the penny, stating the cost to produce the coins had long outweighed their value.

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LOL

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Posted by Soccer <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Soccer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 22, 2025, 12:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Wood River"

From what I read, Wood River will allow you to "round up" or "round down" and this is only for payments made in cash to offices in city hall. This doesn't apply to any businesses in Wood River unless they decide to do the same.

Edwardsville has an ordinance requiring large retailers to charge 10 cents per plastic or paper bag. If you don't want to pay it you have to bring your own bags.

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Blu

Here is a link https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/wood-river-drops-pennies-as-u-s-treasury-ends-penny-production/

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Don't laugh, she means it.

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Posted by bob <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=bob' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 11:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Wood River"

It's a no-brainer to stop production if it cost more than 3 cents to make a penny. I get that, so we stop making pennies, but they're still legal as long as they're in circulation and should be accepted IMO.

If you don't read the papers, you're uninformed. If you read the papers, you're misinformed. - Mark Twain

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Posted by MyPillowGuy <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=MyPillowGuy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on October 23, 2025, 11:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Wood River"

Man, you gotta hope E Jean Carroll doesn’t want to get paid in pennies.

That’d turn $84 million dollars to $272 million dollars for the stamping fee.

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If you don't read the papers, you're uninformed. If you read the papers, you're misinformed. - Mark Twain

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