Trump’s plan to eliminate the penny follows sharp drop in U.S. coin demand at Philadelphia mint
Pennies make up more than half of the coins made at the Philadelphia mint, but coin demand has dropped by nearly 10 billion ...
A penny for their thoughts: Americans say ‘time to move on’ from the coin
President Trump ordered the Treasury department to stop production of pennies. Here's how Americans are responding to the ...
As Trump aims to ax the penny, these are the coins that cost more than they're worth
Data from the U.S. Treasury shows that it costs nearly 4 cents to produce a single penny and nearly 14 cents to produce a ...
Penny for their thoughts? Coin collectors, dealers, imagine a cent-less world.
New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...
Trump's plan to scrap the penny spikes interest for coin collectors
Every penny costs 3.7 cents to manufacture and the U.S. Treasury lost $85.3 million in 2024 producing them, the U.S. Mint ...
How much does it cost to make a penny, and are we ‘losing’ money on other coins?
Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576). To make a quarter, it cost about 15 cents ($0.1468), and nearly 34 cents for a half-dollar ($0.3397).
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THOMAS: Ditch the Penny and all coins
President Trump has ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies to save money. It costs almost four cents to make ...
So long, penny! Trump orders US to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints
President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. to stop minting pennies. His surprise announcement comes after decades of ...
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A Penny Spurned: Does the Lesser Coin Still Make Sense?
The penny’s fate remains uncertain. No executive order has been published regarding the president’s penny directive, and the ...
Cal Thomas: Demise of the penny makes cents
President Trump has ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies to save money. It costs almost four cents to make ...
Donald Trump’s penny proposal would eliminate 1 in 2 coins minted in the U.S.—but nickels are the real villains
The president says he’s killed off production of money-losing pennies, but nickels cost even more money to make—and we'd need ...
Can the president really kill off the penny – and should he?
In the middle of Super Bowl LIX, President Donald Trump posted on social media that he was getting rid of the penny. Since ...