Treasury Department, pennies and phase out production
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After over 200 years, the United States government plans to stop making new pennies, the Treasury Department told the Wall Street Journal.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed Friday that the United States can ‘retool’ the nickel following an announcement that the Treasury Department will cease all penny production by early 2026. “I think we can retool the nickel and change the composition of the alloys so that a nickel is worth a nickel,
The Treasury Department said it plans to stop manufacturing the penny, calling time on one of the first coins minted by the U.S. government. The federal agency placed its final order for penny ...
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).
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“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump posted on social media. “I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies. Let's rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it's a penny at a time.”