President Donald Trump’s surprise order comes after decades of unsuccessful efforts to pitch the penny. Here’s a look at some ...

Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576). To make a quarter, it cost about 15 cents ($0.1468), and nearly 34 cents for a half-dollar ($0.3397).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans have a message for the penny: Good riddance. Around the country, people of all ages are ...

With President Donald Trump setting his sights on the U.S. Mint’s production of pennies, the penny debate has been given renewed attention.

Trump said he wants the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies because of their high manufacturing costs.

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 value of the 1-cent coin has been debated for decades.

The most valuable of those coins — a 1976-S Bicentennial Silver Quarter that came ... of multiple metals such as nickel, copper and zinc that are layered together like a sandwich, according ...

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.

President Donald Trump said he’s instructed the Secretary of the US Treasury to stop making new pennies, writing that they “literally cost us more than 2 cents.” He’s right — in fact, each US penny ...

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