"Just some old junk I found in the attic, toss it in the trash compactor"
20th Century History
(media.piefed.social)
*hocked
But yeah
Although honestly it doesn't really make sense to use a collectible penny as currency these days, as 1¢ is worth so little as to be effectively insignificant now.
In the past, though, I definitely did cash in old collected dollar and half-dollar coins because of my desire to eat.