I collect them, when I see them. That means, not active but I stack them up and save them.

There's no reason to worry that we'll actually run out of cents, there are hundreds of millions of them, and when they aren't in use, that means more. It's just a matter of the hoarders figuring out, that most of the cents since 1958 aren't anything, and after 1982 they aren't even copper. I see large bags, thousands of wheat cents, at the auctions. I suppose people want to go through and check every one, for something unusual. But considering just the copper value, that means all the cents made since 1982 are just worth a penny, and that's only because you can spend it.

Hardly anything collectible in over 40 years. Except for errors, date variations, and some double dies, nothing collectible in about 80 years. That's only if anyone sees a steel penny as collectible?

What I'm getting at, the short version, there's no shortage, just because the mint stopped making new cents.

Fact: In fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Mint produced approximately 3.2 billion pennies. This figure reflects a decrease from the previous year.