#2025 Last Lincoln Penny Minted jzebraa
The United States ended production of the penny on Wednesday, more than two centuries since the one-cent coin first went into circulation. The move is part of an effort to retire the country’s smallest denomination, which had cost nearly four times its value to produce. The country’s final pennies were pressed at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, where they’ve been produced since 1793, a year after Congress authorized the Coinage Act.
The last two pennies were stamped with a special marking and will not go into circulation. According to the Associated Press, the government plans to auction them off in the future. In a statement, the Treasury Department said that “ongoing increases in production costs and the evolution in consumer habits and technology have made its production financially untenable." The last coin before the penny to be discontinued was the half-cent in 1857. And there could be more change to come.
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"My 2 Cents"
50 years ago in 1975, I was in 1st grade and I cried when I found out that I was not going to get to be "George Washington" in our school play of Presidents. But the teacher pulled me aside and said I think I have a special one for you to play Lonnie because your name starts with "L" you can be "Lincoln" he is almost as important as George, if not more! When I was older I was so glad that she had pick me to be President Lincoln Our 16th President!
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