The Target in my town has "penny rounding"

Any purchase made with cash is rounded down to the nearest nickel.

任何现金支付的账单都会向下舍入到最接近的5美分。

If I buy something that costs $1.79 they only charge me $1.75.

如果我买的東西花1.79美元，他们只收我1.75美元。

take pennies at all! It was a shock. I think grocery stores do because some still use cash and some people really need to penny pinch and it matters to them. If not I can give them some to hand out in change.

不再收便士了！这让我很震惊。我想超市还保留是因为有些人还使用现金，而且有些人真的需要精打细算，这点钱对他们来说挺重要的。如果没有的话，我可以给他们一些便士让他们找零用。

It's not like such a practice will add up to anything of real value but it's just a newer phenomenon.

这种做法积少成多并不会带来什么实质性的价值，但这毕竟是个新现象。

'MARKETING' decided that since pennies are NO LONGER MADE that THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MORE PENNIES WITH WHICH TO MAKE THIS CHANGE WITH.

是‘市场营销’决定说，既然便士已经不再生产，那就不会再有更多的便士来进行这种调整了。

...that the penny was discontinued.

……为便士被取消流通而感到高兴。

It means I can make the kitchen countertop I want. Pixel art pennies encased in clear epoxy. And no laws broken because the penny is no longer being produced. It will be edged in the same wood as the floor.

这意味着我可以制作我想要的厨房台面。用像素艺术风格的便士封存在透明环氧树脂里。而且没有违法，因为便士已经不再生产了。台面边缘会和地板用同一种木材。

Some banks will still "sell" pennies to customers, but they place a limit. Just before the discontinue date, I ordered 2 boxes of pennies ($25/box). I am sorting as I go and saving any valuable coins.

一些银行仍然会向顾客“出售”便士，但有限制。就在停止流通日期之前，我订购了两盒便士（每盒25美元）。我正在一边整理一边把有收藏价值的硬币存起来。

Frugal countertop, one of a kind, and I am still looking for a few "last year minted" pennies to complete the look.

一个既省钱又独一无二的台面，我还在寻找几个“去年铸造”的便士来完善整体效果。

https://www.50000silverdollar.com/

And the different patinas on the pennies create an image in the aligned coins. Some pennies are bright copper, some have varied degree of dirt (light to nearly black) and some have the green tinged patina. I can add other color discs as needed.

不同铜币的包浆能在对齐的硬币中构成图案。有些铜币呈亮铜色，有些沾有不同程度的污垢（从浅色到近乎黑色），还有些带有绿调包浆。如有需要，我可以添加其他颜色的圆盘。

But primarily pennies.

但主要以铜币为主。

Pixel art.

像素画风格。

Not sure about the legality or encasing coins in epoxy, but I doubt the Treasury Dept was ever wasting their field agents time with people making tabletops etc using pennies.

不确定把硬币封在环氧树脂里是否合法，但我怀疑财政部从未浪费特工的时间去处理那些用铜币做桌子之类的个人行为。

With yearly inflation, it's even less of an issue that it never was in the first place.

考虑到每年的通货膨胀，这更是连以前那种“根本不是问题”都算不上了。

I hope you have a proper propane torch and wide flame tip for the Epoxy job.

我希望你做环氧树脂作业时有合适的丙烷喷灯和宽焰喷嘴。

(You can use a jig saw (gently) with no blade, and a bath towel wrapped around it as a vibrator to help dissipate bubbles, prior to torch finishing the top.). Work as dust-free/insect-free as possible.

（在喷灯收尾之前，你可以用拆掉锯条的线锯机，外面裹上一条浴巾当作震动棒来帮助排出气泡。尽量保持无尘、防虫环境。）