Penny
Useless At 232
Printed
It took 232 years, however the penny is useless … the final ever penny was minted Wednesday in Philadelphia.
President Trump began the penny’s doomsday clock again in February, when he ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cease producing new pennies.
.@TreasurerBeach, who oversees the U.S. Mint, pushes a button to create the final ever circulating penny.
The Mint says it’ll be auctioned off. pic.twitter.com/U7ZSrbJC1J
— Michael Stratford (@mstratford) November 12, 2025
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The clock ran out immediately when the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia produced the ultimate pennies to enter circulation … the 1-cent cash had been minted there since 1793, the yr after Congress handed the Coinage Act.
Pennies are nonetheless thought-about authorized tender, however no new pennies will probably be made … and it is primarily a monetary resolution. A single penny prices about 3 cents to supply.
U.S. Treasurer Brandon Seashore hit the button to strike the ultimate penny Wednesday, declaring … “God bless America, and we will save the taxpayers $56 million.”
Discontinuing cash is a rarity … Seashore says it hasn’t occurred since method again in 1857, when the half-cent was carried out away with.
Abraham Lincoln‘s been the face of the penny since 1909 … however when the penny was born, Girl Liberty graced one facet of the coin.
The penny is completed, nevertheless it’s not likely going away … at the least not but … estimates say there are about 250 BILLION pennies nonetheless in circulation.
With the penny going the best way of the dodo hen, all eyes are actually on the nickel … the 5-cent coin prices about 10 cents to supply.
Penny on your ideas???
