U.S. Mint moves ahead with plans to kill the penny

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U.S. Mint moves ahead with plans to kill the penny

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The Trump administration says making cents doesn't make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday. This move comes as the cost of making pennies has…

This story appeared on pbs.org, 2025-05-22 18:02:59.