Interesting. Makes sense.
I'm sure some re-enter from, like, coinstar machines or something, but that's gotta be a tiny minority.

But that seems like another point in favor of discontinuing them. If people who get them literally never use them, seems like a pointless coin, lol.

But it seems like they'll probably self eliminate one way or the other over time. I guess the concern would be that they'd self eliminate too quickly, as no one who gets them ever spends them, so basically every distributed penny just instantly vanishes.

But I think the problems with cutting over will largely just be minor heartache. Like, it'll be minorly bumpy for a month or two, but by a year out everyone will have figured it out and no one will miss them.