Sad About the Penny

People
Arvada, Colorado
May 23, 2025 2:10pm CST
I like pennies. Anyway, you may have heard they will stop making them in 2026. Won't things be more expensive then? No more penny candies They will be 5 cents I guess. They will round stuff up to 5, so the article says. What do you think? Sincerely, A Boomer sad about pennies
https://people.com/treasury-discontinues-pennies-starting-2026-what-happens-next-11740874?hid=3b4dd9c8c2250f7ed0d495770f0c882606e18d64&did=17835816-20250523&utm_source=ppl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ppl-news_newsletter&utm_content=052325&lctg=3b4dd9c8c2
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (85188)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5h
Do you mean to tell me there will never by anymore pennies from Heaven?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (148738)
• United States
3h
Do you remember about ten years ago when Walmart hung umbrellas upside down through their stores and people kept throwing pennies/small change into them? Walmart cashed all that change out and supposedly donated it to charity. I know from our store alone (Republic, Missouri), they donated around $500 when they took those umbrellas down. They called it "Pennies from Heaven".
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (353881)
• Rockingham, Australia
5h
Our smallest denomination now is the 5c piece. Pennies have been long gone for us. It is sad to see these things from our childhood disappear.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (174832)
• Boise, Idaho
7h
I like pennies too. I have been hearing this for some time now. I can understand why they are doing it. My ex used to throw pennies away. I made good lot of good money by scavenging for them. He threw them on the floor of his truck, and I'd just pick them up. I don't think there is any penny candy anymore, is there?
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Always smiling
@allknowing (146112)
• India
5h
You can stack a few They will have value after a few years
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (46353)
• Staten Island, New York
41m
From what I read existing pennies will still be in use. Like you’ll be able to pay with them. But it’s sad that new pennies will no longer be made. And what about shopping in stores. Will they now round up the total so the total ends in 5 or in 0 cents?
LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (46)
• United States
9h
More expensive to make than they’re worth
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (144198)
• Roseburg, Oregon
2h
That is sad about the penny ending.
DE
@DaddyEvil (148738)
• United States
3h
I don't use pennies anymore but I still have about a cupful of them put away. Mostly wheat pennies and a couple of pennies that are double-stamped that are worth a LOT more than a penny... I have two pennies that have Lincoln's tie double-stamped. They're supposed to be worth about $400 each, or were several years ago. I put them into tiny Ziploc baggies and kept them.