U.S. Mint just pressed its final penny
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Priced at $255, this set features eight proof coins struck in 99.9% fine silver at the Mint facility in San Francisco. Each coin is encapsulated and placed in a new black hinged box, with an adorning sleeve and artwork in silver foil. The Mint’s Certificate of Authenticity accompanies each set, which contains the following coins:
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The United States Mint is taking pre-orders for its Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coin through Feb. 5, issuing $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins, half-dollar clad coins, and a three-coin proof set. Proof coins are produced with great care by the U.S. Mint.
The last penny was produced Nov. 12 after being in circulation for over two centuries, but the one-cent coin can still be used to make purchases.
Stores brace for price rounding and cash register chaos as the U.S. Mint shuts down penny production
Whether they are being pinched, paying for your thoughts, going towards two cents, time may be running out for pennies.
When it was introduced in 1793, a penny could buy a biscuit, a candle or a piece of candy. But now most of them are cast aside to sit in jars or junk drawers, and each one costs nearly 4 cents to
The U.S. Mint has ended production of the penny, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years but became nearly worthless.