Treasury Department to phase out penny
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After over 200 years, the United States government plans to stop making new pennies, the Treasury Department told the Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced May 22 its decision to phase out the production of the one-cent coin, with no new pennies expected to enter circulation once the current inventory of blanks is depleted.
Treasury Department will take pennies out of circulation next year. Costly nickels, however, could cancel out savings.