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The coins are a type of "wheat penny," named for the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text, rather than the Lincoln Memorial.
After 232 years, the US is bidding farewell to the penny. The US Treasury announced in May that it will start phasing out the production of its lowest-value coin. According to the Trump administration ...
With the penny going away, what are people supposed to do with the ones in the coin jar?
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.
Dump those coin jars out on the table and see what you've got, as production of the penny is ending in the U.S. and you may have some of value.
With the penny disappearing, what should you do with your old coins?
Why is penny production stopping? Here's what happened In February, Trump instructed the Treasury Department to stop minting the low-value coins. “For far too long the United States has minted ...
The federal government made its final order of penny blanks in May 2025 — the first step to end the production of the 1-cent coin, a spokesperson for the Treasury Department confirmed to USA TODAY.
The Treasury Department has pledged to stop producing the penny by early next year. Here's why — and what becomes of your one-cent coins.
How much does it cost to make a penny? Treasury Department makes final order of the coin The U.S. Mint has produced the penny for 233 years.