In November, the U.S. stopped production of the humble penny after 232 years in circulation. On today’s show, Darian Woods and Wailin Wong from NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator unpack the fiscal math that doomed the penny, and an artist pay tribute to this American icon.  Follow the Indicator on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1320118593?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory"target="_blank" >Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4X3yDKgVTWRjSd6r0vhgo4"target="_blank" >Spotify</a>.  View more of <a href="https://robertwechsler.com/"target="_blank" >Robert Wechsler’s artwork here</a>.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/shortwave"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org/shortwave</a>.Listen to Short Wave on <a href="https://n.pr/3HOQKeK"target="_blank" >Spotify</a> and <a href="https://n.pr/3WA9vqh"target="_blank" >Apple Podcasts</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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