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President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Treasury Department in February 2025 to stop minting pennies for circulation to cut costs. The American Bankers Association advocated for some changes, ...

When President Donald Trump announced the discontinuation of the penny in February, responses ranged from a resounding “meh” to borderline celebration. Outside circles of nostalgics, dedicated ...

Well, friends, the time has finally come: No longer will pennies roll out of the US Mint in giddy profusion. Last week, mourners marked (mocked?) the occasion at a funeral held, appropriately, outside ...

Hundreds of mock mourners headed to the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to attend a “funeral” for the penny. Along with musicians playing taps, there were a couple of Abraham Lincoln look-alikes, actors ...

The penny received a “funeral” on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended ...

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The penny has officially left the building. After more than two centuries in circulation, the U.S. Mint has struck its final one-cent coin, marking a historic shift in how Americans—and ...