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This Coin Has Been Around Since 1792—But Not for Much Longer
It costs more than 3 cents to make a 1-cent coin, and now the United States Treasury is finally doing something about it.
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Junk the penny. And the nickel and dime, too!
I never found one, sadly. But I have a slight nostalgia for that activity. Molly: I have a less intense version of attachment to the penny, similar to what I have for good old-fashioned books ...
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How the Disappearance of the Penny Could Impact Consumers’ Wallets
For collectors, there will be some nostalgia in having them, but that’s about it.” Still, if production of the 2025 penny does stop this year, there will be far fewer of them with that date ...
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With the penny going away, should you start to save the ones in your piggy bank?
The penny is outdated and inefficient and no longer serves the needs of our economy,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the New ...
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Trump wants to kill the penny. Almost no one will miss it.
On the Facebook group of Pressed Penny Collectors, whose members seek out machines that flatten the coins into oval-shaped souvenirs, nostalgia has been negligible. “They’re going to stop ...
Change is coming for the penny as Treasury Department makes final order of the coin
The federal government made its final order of penny blanks this month — marking the first step to end the production of the ...