Jerry Petros, the owner of Alliance Coins and Jewelry in Alliance, said the U.S. should have dumped pennies years ago.

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 ...

Donald Trump has ordered the US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing that each one-cent coin costs 3.69 cents to ...

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).

President Donald Trump has ordered the production of U.S pennies to stop as of Sunday night. Now, Governor Jared Polis, ...

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.

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

For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” the president said in a post on Truth Social.

After President Donald Trump said he directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, stateliners try to make ...