Take a penny, leave a penny, get rid of the penny

In November, the U.S. stopped production of the humble penny after 232 years in circulation. On today’s show, a former U.S. Mint director shares the fiscal math that doomed the penny, and an artist pay tribute to this American icon. <br/><br/>View more of <a href="https://robertwechsler.com/"target="_blank" >Robert Wechsler’s artwork here</a>. <br/><br/><strong>Related episodes: </strong><br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151831868/whats-the-deal-with-the-platinum-coin"target="_blank" >What’s the deal with the platinum coin?</a>  <br/><br/><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" ><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>. Fact-checking by Corey Bridges. Music by </em><a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"target="_blank" ><em>Drop Electric</em></a><em>. Find us: </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"target="_blank" ><em>TikTok</em></a...