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3Hotdogs

(15,548 posts) Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:07 PM Jul 2025

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Guess what I got today that you probably ain''t got. A 2025 PENNY. !

Got it in change.

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Guess what I got today that you probably ain''t got. A 2025 PENNY. ! (Original Post) 3Hotdogs Jul 2025 OP

I thought they were to stop making pennes. brush Jul 2025 #1

No. They'll keep making pennes. Just not pennies. bif Jul 2025 #2

Pennes? What does that mean? brush Jul 2025 #3

I have no idea. bif Jul 2025 #4

Orange Turd issued the order to stop making pennies. I believe it was sometime in February '2. 3Hotdogs Jul 2025 #5

brush

(61,033 posts)

1. I thought they were to stop making pennes.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:16 PM

Jul 2025

I stopedd picking lost ones from the sidewalk years ago. I still will pick up nickels and dimes. Quarters for sure.

bif

(27,236 posts)

2. No. They'll keep making pennes. Just not pennies.

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 03:47 PM

Jul 2025

brush

(61,033 posts)

3. Pennes? What does that mean?

Reply to bif (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 03:51 PM

Jul 2025

I remember the song "Pennies From Heaven", but not pennes.

bif

(27,236 posts)

4. I have no idea.

Reply to brush (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 03:56 PM

Jul 2025

You said you thought they were going to quit making them.

3Hotdogs

(15,548 posts)

5. Orange Turd issued the order to stop making pennies. I believe it was sometime in February '2.

Reply to bif (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 11:16 PM

Jul 2025

Until then, the mint probably made a few hundred thousand.

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