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 U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of ...

It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

He’s right — in fact, each US penny costs 3.7 cents to produce and distribute as of 2024. Pennies and nickels cost more than they were worth for the 19th consecutive fiscal year, according to ...

President Trump wants to end production of the penny It takes about 3.7 cents to produce and distribute one penny A 233-year run could be over. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he is ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been ordered to cease production of the one-cent coin known as the penny, President Donald Trump said in a posting on his ...

Trump said in a Truth Social post Sunday. "Let's rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it's a penny at a time." The one-cent coin was one of the first made by the U.S. Mint more ...

“Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it’s a penny at a time ... Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.

Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it’s a penny at a time,” Trump said in a post to social media as he returned to Washington from the Super Bowl. The penny has ...

Vice President Vance celebrated the news that the prestigious venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz hired Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran who was acquitted two months ago of a negligent homicide ...

Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) praised President Donald Trump’s order eliminating the penny on Sunday, calling it “a great move.” Trump announced on Sunday that the U.S. Treasury would ...