US Edition‘Funeral’ Held for the Penny at Lincoln Memorial After US Mint Discontinues Coin
Speakers at the event highlighted that producing each penny costs over three cents, prompting the United States Mint to halt its production earlier this year.
- On Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial, a mock funeral for the one-cent coin took place following the United States Mint halting production earlier this year.
- Hosted by Ramp management platform, the ceremony featured a white casket and speakers Knowlton Anderson, Lincoln descendant, and economist Ara Kharazian, who said each penny costs more than three cents to produce.
- Actors portraying George Washington and Thomas Jefferson spoke, and an actor portraying John Wilkes Booth also participated; following the service, attendees placed pennies in the open casket.
- A special penny-press machine on site provided souvenirs, and AP photo editors curated a photo gallery documenting the mock funeral and its participants.
- By staging a public farewell, organizers highlighted the theatrical goodbye at the Lincoln Memorial, linking national symbols and practical cost arguments about the penny’s discontinuation.
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‘Funeral’ held for the penny at Lincoln Memorial after US Mint discontinues coin
The penny received a “funeral” on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended the event, many dressed in black or wearing Victorian-style attire. Mourners placed pennies into either caskets on display or made a wish as they threw pennies…
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By JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON WASHINGTON (AP) — A symbolic funeral for the one-cent coin, which was discontinued this year, was held Saturday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. This is a photo gallery selected by AP photo editors. ___ This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
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