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

The U.S. last week unveiled its plan to finally phase out the lowly penny. The Treasury Department has placed its last order ...

The coins, commonly known as pennies, were called ‘wasteful’ by Donald Trump in February when he told Treasury Secretary ...

The US Treasury Department announced Thursday that it plans to start winding down production of the one-cent coin it has been minting for more than 230 years. But the penny will still remain legal ...