After 232 years, America officially stopped making pennies last week.
The penny carries an almost mystical quality.
Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck,
toss a penny in a fountain, and your wish will come true.
For me, the penny has always held a special meaning.
In my family, our lucky number is 11,
and Sometimes one of us will find a single dime and a single penny together and we'll pick up the 11 cents and it feels
like it's a message from a beloved family member we've lost.
It's like my dad saying, hey kid, I'm here.
So the news of the penny being taken out of production left me with a lot of feelings and questions.
One of the people who's looked into this recently is White House economic correspondent Jacob Bogage.
don't expect this to make a whole lot of difference.
But it is a moment.
It is a moment that is worthy of us taking a pause and going,
wait a minute, the economy and the world has changed around us.
And maybe we haven't noticed until right now.
From the Newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
I'm Colby Echoitz.
It's Thursday, November 20th.
Today, why the penny is being discontinued now and what it could mean for how much things cost.