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.

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 ...

For the last 232 years, a small circular piece of copper and zinc known as the penny has been the smallest denomination of currency in the United States. Originally introduced in 1793, the last one ...

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 penny has been part of American life for over two centuries. Now, as production officially ended in November 2025, these humble copper-coated coins are suddenly at the center of attention. With ...

For more than two centuries, the penny has quietly anchored American cash transactions as the nation's smallest unit of currency. First minted in 1793, the copper-colored coin is now reaching the end ...

The 1-cent coin has gone the way of the VHS player. The United States produced its last penny on Nov. 12 after nearly 240 years in circulation as the cost to produce the coin outpaced its value. At ...

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 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 ...

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 ...