The president isn't the first person to call for an end to the penny, and this issue is deeper than wasteful spending.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department ...

Donald Trump isn’t the first to dream about getting rid of lowest denomination US coin, nor is the US the only country to see ...

It’s unclear exactly how high demand would be for nickels in a penny-less world, but it’s likely that it would be higher than ...

The US might be saying goodbye to the beloved Penny... what benefits could the change bring for coin collectors?

Cease production of the penny, let collectors gobble up what’s left of the 1 cent coin, and there will still be one eternally ...

Data from the U.S. Treasury shows that it costs nearly 4 cents to produce a single penny and nearly 14 cents to produce a ...

President Trump isn't the first politician to call for the end of the penny — but getting rid of it may not be easy. The ...

President Trump has instructed the Treasury secretary to stop making pennies, which he calls “wasteful.” “For far too long ...

The penny’s fate remains uncertain. No executive order has been published regarding the president’s penny directive, and the ...

Amid the recent flurry of Trump's often contentious executive orders, he announced Sunday night that he'd ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt the production of the 1-cent coins ...

President Donald Trump announced Sunday he’s ordered his administration to cease production of the 1-cent coin, whose buying power is long past its prime. Advocates for ditching the penny cite ...