EVANSVILLE, In. — The U.S. Mint has produced its last penny, and the impact is already being felt from bank tellers to coin shops.

The final 2025 pennies were struck at the Philadelphia Mint on Tuesday, ending more than two centuries of one-cent coin production. The decision, long debated because of manufacturing costs exceeding face value, has triggered an immediate spike in the collectible coin market.

At Classical Coins in Evansville, owner Bryan Manzi said wheat pennies minted from 1909 to 1958 rose 40% to 50% in value overnight. Copper pennies from 1959 to 1981, previously purchased at 1.2 cents each, now cost him 1.5 cents and sell for 2 to 3 cents apiece.

“It’s a groundbreaking moment,” Manzi said. “We’ve taken pennies for granted for a couple hundred years, and now it’s come t

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