What is a strong economy like the British doing with such a petty litte coin like the Penny. It is not worth anything! What can you buy for a penny? To most of us it is just an annoying purse filler. If one is found on the floor it is often ignored and left there, even the children do not bother to pick it up! So it Litters! Retailers take advantage and use it in a psychological game, knowing that most customers feel commodities are much cheaper if they cost £99.99 rather than £100! In reality it is just litter they give in exchange! If you start to fiddle in your wallet trying to dig out your good for nothing change so you do not need to get any more, the eyes of the customer behind you are boring into you, and the checkout worker is getting clearly annoyed at this delay.
Countries comparable to the UK have done something with their smallest change,the British too should rid themselves of the embarrassment the Penny is.