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).

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

U.S. laws give Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent the authority to make the coins he “decides are necessary to meet the ...

Only tradition explains our stubborn attachment to the penny. But sometimes traditions get ridiculous,” the Farmers’ Almanac ...

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

SAN ANTONIO — President Trump announced Sunday that he is telling the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. We looked ...

The President took to social media to say he thinks we should stop minting new pennies, calling the 1-cent coin 'wasteful'.

President Trump did not express a desire to eliminate the penny during his campaign but Elon Musk and the Department of ...

President Donald Trump ordered a halt in penny production to cut "wasteful" government spending, saying the coin costs more to make than it's worth.

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