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Marc Giauque reportingThe scourge of some store clerks, if you ask them, is the penny.
"I'm not in favor of having to deal with the penny anymore," says Kendall Oliphant of Thredgold Economic Associates.
Kendall Oliphant of Thredgold Economic Associates thinks the penny it's simply out-lived its usefulness. An Arizona Congressman is planning legislation to take the penny out of circulation.
"I see that as something that collectors would frown upon," says Galen Rust owner of Rust Rare Coin.
He says if nothing else there's a sentimental reason to keep the penny.
It now costs more to make a penny than it's worth. Economist like Oliphant downplay the claim that rounding up or down will lead to a big mess.
"Kids, and virtually everybody, went through Dad's change at one time or another," says Rust.
"I don't think you are going to see any net drop on average when you round its not going to make much difference," says Oliphant.
Coinstar, the company that has a lot of coin-for currency sites around the country, says more than 70-percent of Americans favor keeping the penny.
"We see thousands of dollars worth our pennies come through our offices," says John Nielsen involved in Primary Medical Center's Pennies by the Inch.
Regardless of what happens, Nielsen says the group will always keep its name.
Congress is involved in redesigning the coin and has five different versions.
