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The federal government is winding down production of the penny coin following a bipartisan effort to nix the ...
Advocates for ditching the penny cite its high production cost — almost 4 cents per penny now, according to the U.S. Mint — ...
The Treasury Department said Thursday it’s planning to end production of the penny in an effort to phase out one of the ...
The Mint expects that it will realize an immediate annual savings of $56 million by phasing out production of the penny, ...
The U.S. Treasury is phasing out production of the penny and will soon stop putting new one-cent coins into circulation, the ...
The US Treasury Department says it will phase out production of new pennies early next year. It said that the cost of making ...
It looks like the American penny's days are numbered, bringing to fruition President Donald Trump's stated plan to scrap the U.S. one-cent piece.
The cost of producing the penny has risen from 1.3 cents per coin to 3.69 cents over the past 10 years, according to the Treasury. It said stopping production will lead to immediate annual savings ...