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U.S. Mint set to strike its final penny: Shortages have already left retailers pleading with customers for exact change.
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What to Know About the Penny’s Final Days: The penny’s production has ended, raising questions about your coins, cash purchases and what your pennies are worth.
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State lawmakers rush to set rounding rules for when there are no pennies: States are setting new rules for cash purchases after the U.S. Mint stopped making ...
pressdemocrat.com/2026/03/12/rounding-rules-pennies/

Pennies Are Trash Now: The government has no plan for America’s 300 billion pennies.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/pennies-circulation-mint/684935/
You Could Be in Possession of a Rare Penny Worth Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars — Here’s How to Check
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3 Signs Some of Those Pennies in Your Car Are Actually Worth a Fortune: The U.S. penny went from collecting lint in forgotten pockets to a headline-grabbing ...
vice.com/en/article/3-signs-some-of-those-pennies-in-your-car-are-actually-worth-a-fortune/

Pennies Are Trash Now: The government has no plan for America’s 300 billion pennies.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/pennies-circulation-mint/684935/
The final batch of pennies sold for $16.7 million: Special collector sets of the final batch of US pennies ever made set a record at a specialized coin auction ...
businessinsider.com/the-final-batch-of-pennies-sold-for-16-7-million-2025-12
Last US cents sold at auction for a sum of $16.76 million were worth a pretty penny
ocregister.com/2025/12/16/penny-auction/

The Last Pennies Ever Minted Just Sold for Over $16 Million at Auction: The final pennies to be minted in the U.S. sold for a record sum at Stack’s Bowers ...
robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/last-us-pennies-struck-set-auction-record-1237412684/

Pennies Are Over. So What Do We Do With Those 1-Cent Coins?: There might not be new pennies coming from the treasury, but that doesn't mean you can't use the ...
cnet.com/culture/pennies-are-over-so-what-do-we-do-with-those-1-cent-coins/

Lucas: Trying to make cents of the penny’s demise: Once a proud coin of the realm, the penny has become a pest. It gets no respect.
bostonherald.com/2025/11/20/lucas-trying-to-make-cents-of-the-pennys-demise/

The Last 5 Pennies Ever Made Have a Special Mark and Could Sell for Big Bucks: There will be no more new US pennies, but 300 million are still in circulation -- ...
cnet.com/news/the-five-last-pennies-ever-made-have-a-special-mark-and-could-sell-for-big-bucks/

What The End Of The Penny Means For Consumers: America’s oldest coin had been around since 1793. Now that Trump has stopped the minting of new pennies ...
forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2025/11/13/what-the-end-of-the-penny-means-for-consumers/

The U.S. penny is discontinued—but this regional grocer is paying double if you exchange your coins. Here’s how to cash in
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The US penny is officially dead: The government minted the final one-cent coin in Philadelphia, though billions remain in circulation.
businessinsider.com/us-penny-officially-dead-philadelphia-mint-2025-11
OpinionPeople shouldn’t pack away their pennies | Nancy Eshelman : In their day, they added up to cover lots of purchases. But those days, like penny candy ...
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Banks and retailers run short on pennies as U.S. Mint stops making them: Abrupt decision to get rid of 1-cent coin has come with no guidance from federal ...
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Pennies are going out of production, but did you know Kentucky has its own special one?
courier-journal.com/story/news/2025/06/04/are-your-pennies-valuable-these-will-be-to-you-if-you-love-kentucky-history/84010698007/

Change is coming for the penny as Treasury Department makes final order of the coin
eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/22/penny-production-ending-treasury-us-mint-coins/83787945007/

US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny: The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run ...
apnews.com/article/us-mint-treasury-department-penny-end-production-daf6367d7e8d31d6783720d5d4667115

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