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The Indicator: Take A Penny, Leave A Penny, Get Rid Of The Penny

11 min•18 december 2025

In November, the U.S. stopped production of the humble penny after 232 years in circulation. On today’s show, Darian Woods and Wailin Wong from NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator unpack the fiscal math that doomed the penny, and an artist pay tribute to this American icon. 

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