Mock funeral held for the penny at Lincoln Memorial as 230-year coin production ends

People gathered successful the nation’s superior connected Saturday to wage their respects to the penny.

A mock funeral, hosted by fiscal absorption level Ramp, was held astatine the Lincoln Memorial successful Washington, D.C., pursuing the extremity of accumulation of the one-cent coin, FOX 10 reported.

Attendees surrounded a casket arsenic speakers delivered eulogies — including actors portraying erstwhile President Abraham Lincoln and erstwhile First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

A representation made wholly of pennies depicting Abraham Lincoln — whose likeness appears connected the coin — was besides displayed astatine the event, according to The Associated Press.

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Men dressed arsenic erstwhile President Abraham Lincoln transportation a casket down the steps successful beforehand of the Lincoln Memorial during a mock ceremonial for the penny, which was discontinued earlier this year, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Actors portraying Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were among the mourners, on with a portrayal of John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, FOX 10 reported.

The assemblage besides included radical dressed arsenic Santa Claus and Pennywise, the clown from "It."

Ramp economist Ara Kharazian delivered an "autopsy report" outlining the penny's economical demise.

The ceremonial followed past month’s ceremonial striking of the nation’s last penny by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, officially marking the extremity of penny production.

The penny has been portion of the U.S. currency since the precise beginning. It was archetypal authorized nether the Coinage Act of 1792.

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For much than 230 years, the penny has circulated done American piggy banks and currency registers.

But rising accumulation costs – each penny present costs astir 4 cents to marque – and shifts successful user behavior, specified arsenic the emergence of integer payments, person made it impractical to support producing them.

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People stitchery to propulsion pennies into a casket during a mock ceremonial for the penny, which was discontinued earlier this year, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, successful beforehand of the Lincoln Memorial successful Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

In February, President Donald Trump announced plans to halt the accumulation of pennies.

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"For acold excessively long, the United States has minted pennies which virtually outgo america much than 2 cents," Trump wrote connected Truth Social. "This is truthful wasteful! I person instructed my Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to halt producing caller pennies."

FOX Business' Amanda Macias contributed to this report.