America’s last penny was struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, the end of a coin production that started in 1793 and ended Nov. 12. We’re already starting to miss them.
Some stores have begun running short of pennies and have had to round cash transactions up or down to the nearest five cents when customers don’t have exact change, USA TODAY reported.
President Donald Trump order the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies as a budget-cutting measure in February. But a resulting shift to nickels, which are more expensive than pennies to produce, could cause other losses in the federal budget.
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