How many coins were produced that year ... t have the S mark that’s what makes this $1,250,” he said. His two cents, if production does stop, the 2025 penny will be a cool one to hold onto.

The half-cent coin, meanwhile, was discontinued by Congress in 1857. The U.S. Mint said in its 2024 annual report that taxpayers lost $85.3 million on the nearly 3.2 billion pennies it ...