Brian Lairr on WNYC and for our last 10 minutes today, you are cordially invited to say goodbye and rest in peace to the penny.

Or make up a new phrase to replace ones that use the word penny.

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Are any of you interested in doing either of those things?

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Again, you are now cordially invited to say goodbye

and rest in peace to the penny,

or make up a new phrase to replace ones that use

the word penny 212-433 WNYC 433-9692 why are we doing this well in case you haven't heard

the U.S. Treasury minted its final penny this week.

They say it just doesn't make financial sense anymore. Each penny costs more than three cents to produce,

according to the Treasury Department. So once the current supply runs down, that's it. No more new

pennies as of this week. So you are now cordially invited to

say goodbye and rest in peace to the penny. You're a very short nickel and dime eulogies for the penny.

Are you going to miss the penny? Did you have a favorite penny? Any coin collectors out there

want to shout out a favorite or even a precious penny?

You may own or know about it.

I saw on eBay this morning.

There are a few what they call double-dye pennies,

you know, like two little impressions of Abraham Lincoln or the date.

And these are selling for thousands of dollars.

So who has a precious penny story or maybe a lucky penny story?

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