The Last Penny November 12, 2025
By Marge | Published 2025-11-12T18:25:48.58+00:00
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The 232-Year Journey of the American Penny Ends Today. Today, Wednesday, November 12, 2025, a quiet piece of American history concludes. At the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, the final circulating one-cent coin—the humble penny—is scheduled to be struck.
his is not merely the end of a coin; it is the breaking of a 232-year cultural chain, severed by a decisive executive order by President Trump, that puts an exclamation point on the penny’s long, symbolic life.📜 Act I: The Copper Foundation (1793)To understand the goodbye, we must remember the beginning.In 1793, the newly formed United States government needed a symbol of its currency, a coin for the common man. It was the Flowing Hair Chain Cent, one of the first official coins of the new nati