2 cents to mint them. Gary Stewart owns US Coin Gallery and has been in business for decades. He thinks it's a good idea. What they're saying "Why are we still making them in the first place?" ...

It is unclear whether Trump has the power to unilaterally eliminate the lowly one-cent coin. Currency specifications — ...

President Trump announced on Sunday night that he plans to eliminate the manufacturing of pennies, which cost more than they are actually worth.

In his Truth post, Trump wrote that the U.S. has minted pennies which “literally cost us more than 2 cents ... 3.69 cents to manufacture—more than three and a half times the coin’s ...

set its own sights on the one-cent coin. While there is a debate to be had about the value and importance of the penny, the discussion has brought attention to another low-value bit of currency: the ...

The US Mint reported an $85.3 million loss in the 2024 fiscal year from producing nearly 3.2 billion pennies, with each coin costing nearly 3.7 cents to manufacture up from 3.1 cents the previous ...

"For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful ... "As an avid collector of coins, the coin collecting community is excited ...

citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump wrote in a ...