MADISON, Wis. -- 'Find a penny, pick it up' may be a phrase of the past as President Trump looks to halt production of the one cent coin.

But one penny has been hard to come by: the 2025 penny. “Everybody found out that the production is stopped, so everybody ran into the banks and started buying them,” Raines said.

The penny was one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint after its establishment in 1792. Originally Published: May 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM EDT ...

There are around 240 billion pennies in circulation in the U.S. currently, so the chances of any given penny being one of these valuable coins is around 1 in 8.8 billion.

President Trump wants to end production of the penny It takes about 3.7 cents to produce and distribute one penny A 233-year run could be over. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he is ...

But one penny has been hard to come by: the 2025 penny. “Everybody found out that the production is stopped, so everybody ran into the banks and started buying them,” Raines said.