President Donald Trump announced plans to instruct the Treasury Department to cease minting pennies, potentially ending the coin's 233-year history. The decisio ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. “For far too long the ...
Cease production of the penny, let collector’s gobble up what's left of the 1 cent coin, and there will still be one ...
New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...
Around 4.1 billion pennies were circulated in 2023, costing the American taxpayers over $179 million. In 2024, $85 million.