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 ...

That jangling jar of copper-colored coins sitting on your dresser just became a relic. The government ordered the last penny ...

That grimy, circular piece of copper and zinc known as the penny is no longer being produced, but the tiny coin is still getting the last laugh. Less than a month after the last one was minted on Nov.

Fiscally, the mint didn’t have a logical choice. It was costing about 4 cents to mint a single penny, and that’s mostly due to production costs, not because the price of copper has soared. Since 1982, ...

The U.S. Treasury announced earlier this year that it was going to stop making pennies. In other words, they’re going to stop making cents. Advertisement Article continues below this ad There are many ...

After more than 230 years of steady service, the humble one-cent piece is retiring—for now. The United States Mint pressed its final circulating penny on November 12, 2025. While the penny remains ...

WASHINGTON – The last-ever penny was minted in Philadelphia on Nov. 12. Plans to stop the production of the penny have been in motion since February, when President Donald Trump announced he had met ...

We aren’t here to praise the penny, but rather, to bury it. The penny, and its counterparts, have been vanishing all around the world as the cost of minting one far outweighs its value. But hackers ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing the penny after more than 230 years. It now costs 3.69 cents to produce a single penny, which is significantly more than its face value. Pennies will ...