In a penny-pinching move, the U.S. Mint has produced its last one-cent coin.
The final penny was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday, 232 years after the first penny rolled off the production line. The government decided to stop making new pennies because each one costs nearly 4 cents to produce. The move is expected to save about $56 million a year.
If you have a jar of pennies on your dresser, or a few stuck in your couch cushions, don't worry. They are still perfectly legal for making payments. However, of the more than $1 billion worth of pennies in circulation, most never circulate. And it was costing the government a lot of money to keep making more of them.
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