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After over 200 years, the United States government plans to stop making new pennies, the Treasury Department told the Wall Street Journal.
The cost of producing a penny has skyrocketed in recent years, reaching 3.69 cents, according to the Treasury Department.
By stopping the one-cent coin’s production, one official says the Treasury expects an immediate annual savings of $56 million in reduced material costs.
The Treasury Department announced this week that it will stop putting pennies into circulation by early 2026, and said that when the coins are eventually in short supply, businesses will need to start rounding to the nearest 5 cents.