{"id":23995,"date":"2025-05-07T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-penny-may-not-survive-long-but-collectors-fight-to-keep-it-alive\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T15:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:49:35","slug":"the-penny-may-not-survive-long-but-collectors-fight-to-keep-it-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-penny-may-not-survive-long-but-collectors-fight-to-keep-it-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"The penny may not survive long \u2014 but collectors fight to keep it alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The humble<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/penny-one-cent-coins-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> penny<\/a><\/span>, once a pocket staple, has long since lost its shine in American commerce, but it retains devoted fans who see value beyond its monetary worth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In North Carolina&#8217;s Copper Penny Grille, owner Shelly Gref has transformed thousands of pennies into bar tops and artwork, giving Lincoln&#8217;s likeness new purpose.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It grew into a little bit of an obsession with me. And then everybody just started donating pennies,&#8221; Gref said. &#8220;People just come by and they say, I want to be a part of something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gref said she appreciates the historical significance of the coins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like the older ones because they have more of a story,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It just has a really special place in my heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But economic realities have prompted bipartisan <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-directs-treasury-to-stop-minting-new-pennies-citing-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">legislation in Congress<\/a><\/span> that could end penny production, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-penny-interest-coin-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">an idea President Trump has also supported.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wake Forest University professor Robert Whaples has advocated for eliminating the penny for decades, citing practical concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They just have to keep making more and more of these, because we don&#8217;t bring them back, and we don&#8217;t bring them back because they&#8217;re of such low value. So we got a vicious cycle going here,&#8221; Whaples said.<\/p>\n<p>The economics don&#8217;t add up, either. It costs nearly four cents to produce each one-cent coin, and Whaples estimates about $7 worth of pennies exist for every American.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even if we could produce the penny for free out of thin air, it&#8217;s just a waste of our time, and our time is valuable. Time is money,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>At the Penny Depot, the Kilcoyne family\u2014whose name aptly sounds like &#8220;kill-coin&#8221;\u2014creates custom collectible pennies with pressing machines. They worry about their business if the coin is discontinued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they take it out of circulation, then that can hurt,&#8221; Michelle Kilcoyne said.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband Josh sees potential upside: &#8220;But on the flip side of that, it&#8217;s a collectible. And you know, if they start to make a collectible become more rare, the value starts to go up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/ed-okeefe\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ed  O&#8217;Keefe<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/ed-okeefe\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/e9fb0377-eec7-4474-8172-70b5f3166d00\/thumbnail\/80x80\/39cacf631cf52fc650cbb1067a1c391a\/headshot-600-ed-okeefe.jpg?v=8782d831dd587e69db5d043c0a4c5f4b#\" alt=\"headshot-600-ed-okeefe.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/e9fb0377-eec7-4474-8172-70b5f3166d00\/thumbnail\/80x80\/39cacf631cf52fc650cbb1067a1c391a\/headshot-600-ed-okeefe.jpg?v=8782d831dd587e69db5d043c0a4c5f4b 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/e9fb0377-eec7-4474-8172-70b5f3166d00\/thumbnail\/160x160\/5c0f0fda62f826c187379a6c0d786f9f\/headshot-600-ed-okeefe.jpg?v=8782d831dd587e69db5d043c0a4c5f4b 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Ed O&#8217;Keefe is CBS News senior White House and political correspondent. 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