To commemorate the occasion, the United States Mint has partnered with Stack’s Bowers Galleries to auction off 232 sets of “Omega” pennies –one for every year of the denomination’s production dating back to 1793.

The production of pennies by the U.S. Mint is ending. That means change for stores and shoppers and cash transactions. Here's what you need to know.

The U.S. has ended production of the penny. The last 1-cent coins were made Wednesday at the mint in Philadelphia.

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The penny is officially dead. The United States Mint announced Wednesday that it has produced its last penny for circulation, ending the coin’s 232-year run. Its final strike comes after the Trump administration declared it would end its production in February.

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The Treasury Department said the last pennies were stamped with a special omega mark and will not go into circulation.

Billions of pennies will remain in circulation even after the United States Mint printed the last one on Wednesday.

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