Online chatter has lots of folks looking at their caches of coins hoping to find Lincoln wheat pennies that they unrealistically hope are priceless.

Just about all of the coins you will come across in your lifetime are worth what they say they are worth -- a half dollar is worth 50 cents, a quarter is worth 25 cents, and on down the line. In

The Treasury just placed its final order of penny blanks, all of which are expected to be minted by early 2026. Eliminating the penny has been a bipartisan issue for years, as each coin costs nearly f

The U.S. Mint made its final order of penny blanks and said it plans to halt the production of pennies once those run out, which will likely be in early 2026, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news.

The penny coin is getting phased out, a cost-cutting move that could ripple through consumer behavior, retailers' pricing strategies and cash transactions. Why it matters: It'll be harder to make sense out of cents and get exact change after the one-cent coin's upcoming demise.