RETIRE0.0001+412.00%◆CENT0.0100+1.00%◆COPPER1.0000+0.04%◆PENNY0.0100+99.00%◆FLOOR1909HOLD◆RETIRE0.0001+412.00%◆VAULTSEALED—◆JARFULL+ ∞◆
RETIRE0.0001+412.00%◆CENT0.0100+1.00%◆COPPER1.0000+0.04%◆PENNY0.0100+99.00%◆FLOOR1909HOLD◆RETIRE0.0001+412.00%◆VAULTSEALED—◆JARFULL+ ∞◆
Est. 1909 · Floor No. 01@_pennystock

Over-the-Counter Listing

PENNY
STOCK

One cent. One ticker. One retirement plan. The smallest denomination ever minted, re-listed on the floor and quoted in full — because the cheapest seat in the house is still a seat in the house.

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Copper one-cent penny, obverse, dated 2012

Last

$0.01

Change

+412.00%

Float

Fixed

Broker Fee

None

The Ledger

Entries I – V
  1. 01 / 1909

    The Cent is Struck

    A single coin enters circulation carrying a face on the obverse and a promise on the reverse: that the smallest unit of value is still a unit of value. Everything begins at one cent.

  2. 02 / 1943

    The Copper Shortage

    Copper is pulled for other purposes and the cent is briefly struck in steel. The lesson is filed permanently: scarcity is not announced in advance, it is discovered by whoever was already holding.

  3. 03 / 1982

    The Debasement

    The alloy thins. The weight drops. The face stays identical. The market keeps quoting one cent while the metal underneath quietly becomes something else — the oldest trick on any exchange.

  4. 04 / 2012

    The Last Honest Quote

    The date on our coin. The final year before the jar was closed, weighed, and re-listed. Every $RETIRE unit is denominated against this vintage.

  5. 05 / NOW

    Re-Listed

    The jar goes back on the floor. No board, no bell, no broker taking a cut of the spread. Just a ticker, a ledger, and a very small number with a very long tail.

Certificate of Specification

$RETIRE

Ticker
$RETIRE
Registered Name
Penny Stock
Denomination
One (1) Cent
Alloy
97.5% Zinc · 2.5% Copper
Obverse
Portrait, Left-Facing
Mint Year
2012
Board
Over-the-Counter
Settlement
Instant, Final

Registry Address

Rules of the Floor

I.

Denomination is destiny

You cannot go below one cent. The floor is not a strategy, it is a physical property of the coin.

II.

The jar is the chart

Every cent that leaves circulation ends up in a jar. Supply removes itself quietly, one handful at a time.

III.

No bell, no board

There is no opening bell here and no closing one. The tape runs continuously and settles instantly.

IV.

Weight over noise

Copper is heavy. Conviction is heavier. Both are measured in grams, never in volume.

V.

The spread is the tax

Whoever quotes you two prices is charging you for one. Read your own tape.

VI.

Retirement is a ticker

The plan was always a single line item. This is that line item, finally listed.