Expect confusing signals and more signs of penny shortages in 2026. Even bankers are asking for some relief as coin ...

The U.S. Treasury Department halted production of the penny on Nov. 12, ending more than 230 years of minting the nation’s smallest denomination and signalling the copper-colored coin’s gradual exit ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The U.S. Mint has stopped making pennies as of November 13, ending production of the one-cent coin that costs nearly four cents to manufacture. Brian Kruse, owner of Liberty Bell ...

The dies used to press the last pennies on display at the US Mint on November 12, 2025 in Philadelphia. These last pennies bear a special 'Omega' and will not be put in circulation, but will be ...

What, exactly, is the plan for all the pennies? Many Americans—and many people who, though not American, enjoy watching from a safe distance as predictable fiascoes unfold in this theoretical ...

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