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But the U.S. won’t be the first country to discontinue the penny. New Zealand stopped producing its one-cent coins in 1990, followed by Australia in 1992 and Canada in 2012.

The U.S. Mint will stop producing pennies after 233 years. The Treasury placed its last order for blank pennies in May. No timeline has been given for when pennies will be removed from circulation.

Once a Mint facility gets the blanks, it doesn't take long to turn them into coins. According to its "Coin Production" page, one circulating coin press strikes 750 coins per minute.

The coins are then given to the Federal Reserve Banks for circulation which are then distributed to depository institutions. While the Mint does have a schedule of release dates for its new coins and ...

The U.S. Mint, which is the Treasury’s in-house coin producer, projects an annual savings of $56 million in reduced material costs. The penny, though worth only a cent, costs nearly 4 cents to make.

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Made from zinc with a copper coating, the penny was one of the first coins made by the US Mint after its establishment in 1792 and there are now around 114 billion currently in circulation - that ...

The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out. ... FILE – Freshly-made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15 ...

In 2024, the cost of making the penny increased 20%, according to a report from the U.S. Mint. The one-cent coin currently costs the government 3.69 cents to make.