Penny for your thoughts? Or maybe they are worth a nickel now that the Treasury Department is following President Donald Trump 's suggestion to stop making pennies .

Last month, the Treasury Department placed its last order of blanks – flat metal discs to make pennies – in a move set into motion by President Donald Trump in February. He argues that the coin costs more than 3 cents to produce (actually 3.69 cents, according to the U.S. Mint ).

Now that we know it's curtains for the coin, many questions arise. What does the demise of the penny mean for consumers and collectors? Could the last pennies be valuable? Here's what we know.

Will pennies be more valuable if the US stops making them?

Doubtful. The U.S. Mint made about 3.2 billion pennies in 2024, according to its annua

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