Penny coins might be gradually going away. Treasury Department announced that it will end the production of new pennies starting next year as the coin cost more to make (3.69 cents) than its face value (one cent). It will not effect electronic money transactions, but I am guessing for cash transactions, the businesses have to start rounding out cents to the nearest Nickel.

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There have to be billions of pennies around from all the decades they were made. Probably won't run out any time soon.

They first said they were gonna stop pennies in 1999 and luckily they did not......

Its stupid to get rid of them.........

There have to be billions of pennies around from all the decades they were made. Probably won't run out any time soon.

That is true. But eventually it will happen as large percentage of them don’t remain in circulation as they are probably stashed in penny jars or junk drawers at home. Or if they fall on the ground people don’t even bother to pick them up, so they end up in the trash. Not to mentioned no more new pennies from the banks :)

They first said they were gonna stop pennies in 1999 and luckily they did not......

Its stupid to get rid of them.........

I say good riddance. Have you ever stand behind a customer at the counter-or a person trying to get on the bus, and it take them forever to count their pennies to pay :D

Penny coins might be gradually going away. Treasury Department announced that it will end the production of new pennies starting next year as the coin cost more to make (3.69 cents) than its face value (one cent). It will not effect electronic money transactions, but I am guessing for cash transactions, the businesses have to start rounding out cents to the nearest Nickel.

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I remember as a kid back in the 80s, they were talking about this very thing, and rounding everything off to a nickel, because even in the 80s it was rare that anything cost under a nickle

It's possible that a future President could tell the Treasury to mint them again.

Yes I think it would be g00d!!

Well just give it either 1, 3 or 5 more years of Pennies being minted if necessary

What I think will happen is, the penny will still be used. It just no more will be made. We still can use them for purchases but most people generally only get them back in change. So the banks will still save them to give to businesses. I will be able to close my Whitman penny holder with the Lincoln penny after this year. Business will still have items listed as $5.99 etc. A whole new change will happen when the prices will go to $6.00 but when that will happen is in the future.

I like pennies. I don't have a very good reason but I just think it's a cool concept. Maybe they could just mint 10% of what they normally mint per year. I don't think the demand is that high but it'd be nice to keep having new ones for the sake of tradition and nostalgia.

Plus then we’d have to have a poster named Nickel Lane, and I don’t think I could handle that.

Plus then we’d have to have a poster named Nickel Lane, and I don’t think I could handle that.

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I like pennies. I don't have a very good reason but I just think it's a cool concept. Maybe they could just mint 10% of what they normally mint per year. I don't think the demand is that high but it'd be nice to keep having new ones for the sake of tradition and nostalgia.


I agree ! I'm kind of sad to see them go.:( I love the pretty , shiny copper color of new pennies .

I have several large old coffee cans filled with pennies . I think lots of people have " A penny saved is a penny earned" , so even if they aren't made anymore , I'm sure they will still be able to stay in circulation for a while. I hope !

I have several large old coffee cans filled with pennies . I think lots of people have " A penny saved is a penny earned" , so even if they aren't made anymore , I'm sure they will still be able to stay in circulation for a while. I hope !

I also have a jar full of coins-minus penny coins which I tend to throw away when emptying my pockets. So I already have moved from the old phrase "Pinching Pennies" to the new phrase "Pinching Nickels" :D

I like pennies.Yes me also!!

Plus then we’d have to have a poster named Nickel Lane, and I don’t think I could handle that.

And don't forget the department store will have to be changed to JC Nickels ! :D

I also have a jar full of coins-minus penny coins which I tend to throw away when emptying my pockets. So I already have moved from the old phrase "Pinching Pennies" to the new phrase "Pinching Nickels" :D

I roll up my pennies, nickels and dimes and take them to the bank at the end/beginning of the year. I use my quarters for small purchases or I bring them to small businesses near me who always need them.

I have $36 in pennies, nickels and dimes now.

Wow thats alot buddy!!!

My father gave me this a long time ago... this collection features the steel penny.

There was a copper shortage during WWII so they temporarily minted steel pennies.



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Since practically all vending machines don't accept pennies anyway, they could have been produced in plastic for recent years. It would have made sense, though banks likely would not have liked the eventual mixing of plastic coins with older metal ones. And of course Coinstar machines would reject them.

My father gave me this a long time ago... this collection features the steel penny.

There was a copper shortage during WWII so they temporarily minted steel pennies.



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Those are so cool and Certificate of Authenticity make them so much more valuable and collectable. A treasure to hold from your father :)

Since practically all vending machines don't accept pennies anyway, they could have been produced in plastic for recent years. It would have made sense, though banks likely would not have liked the eventual mixing of plastic coins with older metal ones. And of course Coinstar machines would reject them.

I don't know about plastic pennies. If it is worn down, somebody might mistake them for a missing shirt buttons :D

I love pennies, I love piggy banks. Lately I've been finding a lot more pennies just on the ground and even in the street. I check to see that no cars are coming and go pick them up. Yesterday I found 65 cents in the street. But usually it's pennies.

I love Pennies also!!!!!!!!!!

I love pennies, I love piggy banks. Lately I've been finding a lot more pennies just on the ground and even in the street. I check to see that no cars are coming and go pick them up. Yesterday I found 65 cents in the street. But usually it's pennies.

I only pick up pennies I find outside if they are heads up, I heard heads up pennies are good luck. I make a wish and pick it up. I leave the tails up pennies. :)

Me also........... Heads up only.......

Wow, I pick them all up. Maybe that's why I find so many, they might be a lot of tails! LOL

I dug out another one of my collectible pennies - this was a prize inside a Cheerios box 25 years ago.

I dug out another one of my collectible pennies - this was a prize inside a Cheerios box 25 years ago.

That's cool! :):cool:

RIP pennies

No more ‘penny for your thoughts’: goodbye to our lowliest coin (https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/opinion/no-more-penny-for-your-thoughts-goodbye-to-our-lowliest-coin/)

>>>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 the Lincoln Memorial.<<<

Thats sad I collect Pennies for various things!!

My local grocery store (Edward's Cash Saver) have already a sign by cash register stating that due to penny coin shortage-if paying cash, totals will be rounded out to the nearest zero.

Thats horrible..

Hopefully they change thier mind.. They were gonna do this in 1999 but didnt...

Does anyone have the 2009 Lincoln's 200th Birthday pennies? I'm missing the "Professional Life" one


- Birth & Early Childhood (Kentucky): A log cabin, marking his 1809 birth.

- Formative Years (Indiana): Young Lincoln reading during a break from rail-splitting.

- Professional Life (Illinois): Lincoln as a lawyer/legislator before the Illinois State Capitol.

- Presidency (Washington, D.C.): An unfinished U.S. Capitol Dome, symbolizing his time in office.

This is causing alot of problems for stores!!!!

The US GOVT doesnt give a crap what they do to people and its very sad!!!!!

What surprises me is, in 2026 a new set of Quarters are coming, a new dime and a new nickel. All are to be for the year celebrating the 250 years anniversary of the country. The mint tells us it cost too much to make a penny but how much is it costing to have new designs on coins. IT seems the last 30yrs the Quarter and the nickel have gone though changes. Up to about year 1995 or so we had one look of each coin with a P +D for mint locations.

Ya they may be trying to force ppl to stop using cash!! (So everyone can be tracked easier)

I recently went to one of my local banks to bring in my rolled coins for dollar bills. I usually do this at the start of every year with pennies, nickels and dimes (I keep the quarters), but I didn't exchange my pennies this time.

I spoke to the teller and he told me that since pennies are no longer being made that they no longer give them out. They'll take them from clients, but no longer give out rolls of pennies to people/businesses.

He told me to hang on to whatever pennies you can as they may be worth something "down the road".

They should give them out as rolls of pennies if someone wants them!!

Sign outside one of the stores around me.

Very sad.....

Why dont people complain??

Because they have made to be compliant sheep that just take whatever happens!!


Luckily some stores I goto let me buy 1 or 2 $1 penny rolls now and then.... I dont wanna run out!!

I would think stores would encourage you to pay in pennies. Not more than 10-15 at a time for I wouldn't want to get behind someone who had a bag and wait for the cashier to count. The store could get a load this way. As for banks I would think the pennies would recycle. ONe store may have far too many, another store may have far too little. I certainly would feel gyped to pay either too much or lose a few cents in a transaction if the transaction is jumped the nearest nickel.

I went into Safeway the other day and they had a sign requesting customers to bring in pennies and they will exchange them.

Who would give up thier pennies??

A local supermarket had this sign in front of the self checkout machines.

I went to buy some shaving cream, which cost $2.71, so I put $3.00 in the machine.

I got back $0.35 when it was supposed to be $0.29 as the machine said my change would be rounded. I see stores losing money if this continues as it will add up.

Ya they always do stuff to make things worse and they dont care!


The store I goto luckily has $1 penny rolls in the drawer and now and then I ask if I can have 1 or 2....... (I got 1 today (50 Pennies))

I found this sign at another local supermarket where they say they will buy your pennies. I asked them about it and the manager said they will give $0.50 for every $0.50 roll.

So you would get back $4.00 for $2.00 in pennies.

That's very odd that you got back 35 cents from the machine last month; $0.30 would have made much more sense (rounded up from $0.29)...

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I wouldnt wanna give up my Pennies!!

There’s a commercial Buzzr keeps running where they’re selling a 50 pennies roll for 14 dollars.

Wow Im lucky I get them for thier value! (.50 rolls for 50 cents)


I hope they have enough and will keep giving me them!!

The last batch of minted pennies have the Omega symbol on them.

The symbol is the last letter of the Greek alphabet representing "the end" or "final chapter".

Thats very very sad.........

That :censored: the nickel is going down next! :mad:

Ya probably nothing to stop it from happening :(

Ya probably nothing to stop it from happening :(

After that we’re coming for the dime. The quarter shall rule all!

Its scary isnt it buddy??

Trying to force everyone over to a trackable paying system like they did forcing everyone to those spying gadgets....

No more minted pennies? Now we just have to eat the plain ones? No more of those delicious minty fresh pennies !:crazy::lol:

No more minted pennies? Now we just have to eat the plain ones? No more of those delicious minty fresh pennies !:crazy::lol:

I have to get my box of tomatoes…

Its scary isnt it buddy??

Trying to force everyone over to a trackable paying system like they did forcing everyone to those spying gadgets....

Are still wearing your winter tinfoil hat, or have you switched over to the lighter spring one?

I have to get my box of tomatoes…

Mint flavored?

Mint flavored?

:lol:

Are still wearing your winter tinfoil hat, or have you switched over to the lighter spring one?

You really think anything is going to change?

I have to get my box of tomatoes…

To throw at me , like they used to do to bad comedians onstage ? :lol:

Womp, womp, womp ! :D

To throw at me , like they used to do to bad comedians onstage ? :lol:

Womp, womp, womp ! :D

I've seen worse jokes here, that's for sure...

I've seen worse jokes here, that's for sure...

Yeah for sure. And usually it's from someone who really doesn't mean it as a joke. :crazy:

I've seen worse jokes here, that's for sure...

Thank you. I try :tiphat:

To throw at me , like they used to do to bad comedians onstage ? :lol:

Womp, womp, womp ! :D

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The last batch of minted pennies have the Omega symbol on them.

The symbol is the last letter of the Greek alphabet representing "the end" or "final chapter".

I've heard that Omega on the penny has a spying chip behind it. And that penny was minted in 2025 so it's got to be bad.

Keep this under your tinfoil hat, but if you file down the Omega letter, the penny won't track you. Filing it down removes its electrical resistance value.

Ah man!!

I got a 2025-D penny in my change from a local bodega the other day.

The Omega pennies are part of a special collectible set where only 232 3-coin sets were made.

I got a 2025-D penny in my change from a local bodega the other day.

The Omega pennies are part of a special collectible set where only 232 3-coin sets were made.

You got a bargain. The 2025 D’s are selling for 99 cents on eBay!

https://ebay.us/m/MvYTVu

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Oh no! At least take them out of the can or throw fresh tomatoes . My jokes aren't so bad that I deserve cans being thrown at me, are they? :eek::lol:

You got a bargain. The 2025 D’s are selling for 99 cents on eBay!

https://ebay.us/m/MvYTVu

Ha! May be worth something a century from now.

Still cool to have.

A joke from tonight's 1% Club: Tonight's (then) $30,000 prize pot will be paid entirely in discontinued pennies.

I would love that!!

To be honest I still haven’t noticed a difference. I still get pennies, I still spend pennies.