New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...

President Donald Trump speaks as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick, right ...

The U.S. Mint said in fiscal 2024, it took about 3.69 cents to produce and distribute one penny, a 20.2% increase from 2023.

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally ... time politicians have mulled the reform of the one-cent coin. “Anytime we’re spending more money on something ...

President Donald Trump announced Sunday he’s ordered his administration to cease production of the 1-cent coin, whose buying ... to meet the needs of the United States.” If Treasury Secretary ...

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally ... first time the U.S. eliminated its least valuable coin. The half-cent coin was discontinued by Congress in 1857.

Trump Orders US to Ditch 1-Cent Coin After Decades of Complaints ... That’s more than half of all the new coins it made last year. MIT professor Jeff Gore, who founded Citizens to Retire the ...