Among the many strange and seemingly chaotic policy proposals of the second Trump term, perhaps none have surprised consumers quite as much as Trump's promise to eliminate the penny. If you're ...

President Trump’s plan to eliminate the penny could save the government money, but there’s no guarantee. By Ben Blatt President Trump recently ordered the U.S. Mint to stop producing pennies, for a ...

New York — The impending “death” of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin's own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each, or quadruple its value. Months after President Donald Trump ...

At a cost of nearly four cents to produce each penny, Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley says the United State Mint is fulfilling the definition of government waste with every penny it makes. Merkley, a ...

The United States has a long and fascinating history of coinage. While most coins follow familiar denominations like the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar, some coins broke the mold with ...

The American penny is history. The nickel might be next. The last pennies were pressed at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday, a victim of production costs higher than their worth coupled with ...

The reasons cited for the decision earlier this year to stop minting pennies after 232 years were both financial and practical. Decades of rising prices had shrunk the purchasing power of the cent to ...

NEW YORK — The impending “death” of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin's own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each, or quadruple its value. Months after President Donald Trump ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The impending "death" of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin's own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each, or quadruple its value. Coin production costs vary thanks ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The impending “death” of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin’s own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each, or quadruple its value. Coin production costs vary thanks ...

FILE - A lone penny is illuminated in a bin of completed pennies at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) (David Zalubowski, AP2007) Coin production ...