8 Ways to Get Your Money Out While You Still Can

The U.S. Mint officially pulled the plug on the penny in late 2025. Since then, your loose change is getting harder to spend.

Businesses are rounding purchases to the nearest nickel and flat-out refusing to hand back pennies.

If you’re hauling around a heavy jar of copper and zinc, you’re probably wondering what to do with it now that merchants don’t want it.

Don’t throw them in the trash. Here are eight ways to get rid of your dead pennies without throwing your money away.

1. Mine your jars for rare coins

Before you dump your stash into a sorting machine, check the dates. Pennies minted before 1981 are made mostly of copper, making their raw…

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