2025 US Coins In Circulation

Response I received from the US Mint on my question of whether the 2025 proof set (due to be released on March 4, 2025) would include the proof 2025 penny:
"Thank you for your recent correspondence to the United States Mint.

The annual sets for 2025 will have pennies included in them as advertised.

The United States Mint administers all coin programs according to legislation enacted by Congress and signed into law by the President. The United States Mint must adhere to legislative specifications on coin subject, design, metal composition and production.

Because changes to the current laws governing United States coinage would require congressional approval, you may contact your U.S. Senator or U.S. House of Representatives member directly to express your concerns and ideas."

Also, note that according to the US Mint webpage, the US Mint has already minted in January 2025 the following number/mint pennies:

82.4 million cents from the Denver Mint
160 million cents from the Philadelphia Mint
TOTAL: 242.4 million 2025 cents so far (which is very significantly lower than the normal annual mintage)

@ckrakowski, I guess I will be first..This is fun my first time for this type post,thank you.

I have received several quarters so far, 3 rolls P,D,S, plus a bag each of D & P...
I won right! .

Kindly,
Bjg ~

Does it really make sense that the 2025 cents that were minted would not be released? Wouldn't that be an additional cost to the tax payer if the US Mint had to destroy them?

i have yet to get a 2025 coin in change, but here it is, my first 2025 coin. it was in circulation, however briefly, until someone somewhere lost it or tossed it. I picked it from the pavement somewhere last night, in all it's road-rashed glory:

Newly updated mintage numbers for the 2025 cents: 350 million from Philly and 245.4 million from Denver. So, even if those are the final numbers, 2025 might still be sought after, but won't be a great rarity.

I recently bought a box of quarters and 95% were 2025-D Ida B. Wells. Any one need some? Hit me up :)

The law says the Mint can mint pennies, not that the Mint must mint pennies, so the President can tell the Secretary who can tell the Mint to stop minting pennies.

However, they are still minting pennies, so someone downstream from the President did not get the memo—assuming he actually wrote and signed the order, chose to ignore it, or a judge intervened—although I find no evidence of this.

The fact that the President has not said anything else about this tells me this order has the lowest of priorities.

Oh well, it was a fun thought to finally be rid of a circulating cent.

You know, Congress could still... wait, yeah, right... Congress...

In a sane world—in which we are not living—the President would instruct his caucus to draft the proper legislation and get it passed in Congress for him to sign. Proper legislation, of course, would allow for the NIFC cent in 95% copper configuration.