The penny, a beloved member of the American currency family yet a financial burden for the US Treasury, died on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at the age of 232. It is preceded in death by its cousin the Canadian penny (1858-2012) and survived by three younger siblings: the nickel, the dime, and the quarter. The cause of death? Irrelevance and expensiveness, at least according to … Continue reading Shiny Irrelevance: The End of the Penny