Mechanization and mass production drove prices down, and by the start of the 20th century, even schoolchildren were using pencils ​ — unpainted “penny pencils, ” as they were called in the United States.
આશરે ૧૯૦૦ પછી બાળકો સ્કૂલમાં એનો જ ઉપયોગ કરવા લાગ્યા.