ON NOV. 12, the United States Treasury Department shut down its 232-year run of producing pennies. This wasn't a big deal to me (and I'm almost certain wasn't to you). Most people don't think about ...

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As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change. That’s because eliminating ...

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Alas, dear penny, you served us well. We picked you up, you gave us luck. We gave you to others in exchange for their thoughts. And remember when we pondered whether dropping you from the Empire State ...

Fashion is coming out of the basement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Announced today, “Costume Art,” the spring 2026 exhibition at the Costume Institute, will mark the inauguration of the nearly ...

The American penny is history. The nickel might be next. The last pennies were pressed at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday, a victim of production costs higher than their worth coupled with ...

It's official: The penny is on its way out. After 232 years, they’re cancelling it, literally. It matters little that they cost three times as much to mint, or that few of us still keep single cents ...

The dies used to press the last pennies on display at the US Mint on November 12, 2025 in Philadelphia. These last pennies bear a special 'Omega' and will not be put in circulation, but will be ...

The penny, the United States' iconic one-cent coin whose copper face and everyman symbolism endeared it to millions of Americans before it fell into change-drawer obscurity, died on Nov. 12, 2025. It ...

America’s last penny was struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, the end of a coin production that started in 1793 and ended Nov. 12. We’re already starting to miss them. Some stores have begun ...

The U.S. Mint pressed its last penny on Wednesday, Nov. 12, marking the latest milestone in the U.S. penny's end. The last penny was stamped at the Philadelphia U.S. Mint Wednesday, Nov. 12. U.S.