With the US government no longer generating pennies, some people smell an opportunity to cash in on these discontinued currencies.
After 232 years of production, the US Mint stamped its final batch of pennies on November 12, 2025. In February, President Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies because the government was losing money on each coin; Since each cent cost 3.69 cents to produce, the production process was almost four times more…