Despite their production cost being higher than their value and a lack of practical worth, the U.S. Mint continues to churn out billions of pennies every year.
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Year Pennies minted
1887 45223523 1888 37489832 1889 48866025 1890 57180114 1891 47070000 1892 37647087 1893 46640000 1894 16749500 1895 38341474 1896 39055431 1897 50464392 1898 49821284 1899 53598000 1900 66831502 1901 79609158 1902 87374704 1903 85092703 1904 61326198 1905 80717011 1906 96020530 1907 108137143 1908 33441367 1909 249778470 1910 152843813 1911 117874054 1912 82992915 1913 98434504 1914 80567067 1915 55973970 1916 190298627 1917 284169785 1918 370614634 1919 588935000 1920 405665000 1921 54431000 1922 7160000 1923 83423000 1924 89394000 1925 188909000 1926 189658000 1927 185886000 1928 182512000 1929 277140000 1930 221801000 1931 24742000 1932 19562000 1933 20560000 1934 247526000 1935 331090000 1936 379382000 1937 394100000 1938 191872000 1939 383696000 1940 781140000 1941 1108078000 1942 950084000 1943 1093838670 1944 2148338000 1945 1488553000 1946 1505445000 1947 484305000 1948 571942500 1949 435197500 1950 726090000 1951 1045941000 1952 1070705004 1953 1139105000 1954 419382550 1955 938447500 1956 1518946100 1957 1333882000 1958 1053478300 1959 1889475000 1960 2167289000 1961 2506611700 1962 2399193400 1963 2528130400 1964 6447646500 1965 1497224900 1966 2188147783 1967 3048667100 1968 4852420571 1969 5684117200 1970 5480313904 1971 5355669059 1972 5975265508 1973 7594998883 1974 8876665183 1975 9956751442 1976 8895884881 1977 8663992300 1978 9838838400 1979 10157872254 1980 12554803660 1981 12864985677 1982 16725504368 1983 14219554428 1984 13720317906 1985 10935889813 1986 8934262191 1987 9561856445 1988 11346550443 1989 12607002111 1990 11774659533 1991 9324382076 1992 9097578300 1993 12111355571 1994 13632615000 1995 13540000000 1996 13123260000 1997 9199355000 1998 10257400000 1999 11597665000 2000 14277420000 2001 10334590000 2002 7288855000 2003 6848000000 2004 6836000000 2005 7700050500 2006 8234000000 2007 7401200000 2008 5419200000 2009 2354000000 2010 4010830000 2011 4938540000 2012 6015200000 2013 7070000000 2014 8146400000 2015 9365300000 2016 9118400000 2017 8634020000 2018 7478200000 2019 7040400000 2020 7596400000 2021 7908620000