FUNERAL FOR THE PENNY

last fall, the U.S. Treasury announced it was killing the penny. it costs about 4 cents to make and returns 1 cent. it's the textbook example of wasteful spend, and wasteful spend is exactly what Ramp is built to eliminate.

if a 230-year-old coin was being put out to pasture, it deserved a moment. so we threw it a funeral.

the procession started at 1:01 PM on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. one second of silence for one cent.

Mary Todd Lincoln presided. Many Abraham Lincolns were there too.

terrifyingly, John Wilkes Booth interrupted, but all was okay.

George Washington gave an embarrassing speech. was he drunk? unclear.

Ramp's economist walked the crowd through the penny's history with the seriousness it deserved.

an actual Lincoln family descendant gave the eulogy.

over a thousand people came to pay their respects to a coin. we livestreamed every minute. every major news outlet picked it up.

the penny is dead. long live the penny.