When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

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President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of ...

President Trump has halted penny production due to high costs, but experts say the coin isn’t disappearing. MOLINE, Ill. — President Donald Trump has ordered the minting of new pennies to stop, citing ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. to stop minting pennies. His surprise announcement comes after decades of ...

President Trump says he wants the Treasury Department to stop making pennies. He made the announcement yesterday citing the ...

Phasing out the penny could result in needing to make more nickels, and the U.S. Treasury Department loses far more money on ...

There’s actually precedent for that. In 2020, the U.K.’s Royal Mint said it would stop producing 2p coins (as well as £2 coins) for a decade because there was an overabundance of them. The coins ...

President Trump isn't the first politician to call for the end of the penny — but getting rid of it may not be easy. The ...

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of ...

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” Trump posted on his social ...

Central African Republic has launched a meme coin in what President Faustin-Archange Touadera said was a bid to raise the ...