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Treasury Department to phase out the penny after Trump says the coin no longer makes 'cents'
The United States wouldn't be the first country to eliminate the coin, Turco said. Canada, for example, decided to phase out its penny in 2012. In the U.S., the Department of Defense stopped using ...
Are your old pennies worth millions? Experts say you shouldn't bank on it
Online chatter has lots of folks looking at their caches of coins hoping to find Lincoln wheat pennies that they ...
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The U.S. Treasury is ending penny production. Here's what to know:
After over 200 years, the United States government plans to stop making new pennies, the Treasury Department told the Wall ...
Seeing double? This lucky penny is worth over $100,000 and could be in your pocket
That can lead to coins like the 1943 Lincoln bronze cent, which was made out of bronze in error. It should have been made out of zinc-coated steel, with the Mint having stopped using bronze which was ...
No more pennies: In big change, Treasury will stop minting them
In a cost-cutting move, the U.S. Treasury will stop minting new pennies. Originally introduced in 1793, the one-cent coins will still be legal tender. There are more than 100 billion pennies in ...
Treasury Department Officially Discontinues Pennies Starting in 2026. What Happens When There Are No New Pennies?
The Treasury just placed its final order of penny blanks, all of which are expected to be minted by early 2026. Eliminating ...
US Mint places final order to kill penny production as part of Trump’s order to ‘rip the waste’ out of budget
The US Mint has placed its final order of penny blanks and will stop producing the coin when those run out by early next year ...
An Ode to the Penny
A penny saved was a penny earned. A penny bought your thoughts. A penny was pretty. A penny was pinched. A penny might even ...