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Take a penny, leave a penny, get rid of the penny

9 min episode · 2 min read
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Robert Wexler,Ed Moy

Episode

9 min

Read time

2 min

Topics

Product & Tech Trends

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What It Covers

The US Mint stops penny production after 232 years due to rising costs reaching 3.7 cents per coin.

Notable Moment

Artist Robert Wexler spent seven years creating a sculpture from 100,000 pennies, ordering them in bulk from banks.

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