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Burger King braces for the demise of the penny

President Trump’s order halting production of new pennies has businesses across the country rummaging in their corporate couches. For fast-food chains and other companies heavily reliant on small cash transactions, the coin’s extinction is approaching faster than anyone expected. 

“You are trying to have lunch or dinner and you are stuck with a math quiz,” Harmon said. He’s preparing the cash registers at his Burger Kings to automatically round.