End of the penny....

[kdonnel]

Maybe I am missing something. If they just made the last batch of pennies, why is there already a shortage?

The US coin distribution system never really recovered after Covid.

https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/f...-shortage-causes-responses-lessons#references

 

[Kennywood]

Another reason the dollar coin failed was because of vending machines. Very few, if any, were set up to take a dollar coin. It would have cost the vending machine businesses millions of dollars to adjust machines or make new ones.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Noooo not pennies!