AP Special Report Spotlight Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them KEN SWEET Associated Press Oct 30, 2025 Oct 30, 2025 Updated Feb 14, 2026 0 1 of 2 A sign in a Kwik Trip store Oct. 23 in Yorkville, Wis., shows the store will no longer use pennies to give change. Morry Gash, Associated Press A lone penny is illuminated Aug. 15, 2007, in a bin of completed pennies at the U.S. Mint in Denver. David Zalubowski, Associated Press Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK — The United States is running out of pennies.kAm!C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>AVD 564:D:@? E@ DE@A AC@5F4:?8 E96 A6??J :D DE2CE:?8 E@ 92G6 C62= :>A=:42E:@?D 7@C E96 ?2E:@?VD 4@>>6C46] |6C492?ED :? 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