According to Jennifer Bushland in the February 2025 World Coin News article ... Such an example is currently available for sale at the United States Mint with the $2 “Lucky Panda” note. Although ...

The U.S. Mint said in fiscal 2024, it took about 3.69 cents to produce and distribute one penny, a 20.2% increase from 2023.

Pennies make up more than half of the coins made at the Philadelphia mint, but coin demand has dropped by nearly 10 billion ...

Back in 1857, Congress discontinued the half-cent and made the penny smaller to reduce the amount of copper needed, according to the U.S. Mint. Canada stopped making one-cent coins in 2012.

However, that growing tally of “copper” coins may come to an end after Trump says he ordered the US Mint to stop making pennies. So, what is his beef with the 1-cent coin that bears the image ...

Designed by Artistic Infusion Program Designer Christina Hess and sculpted by Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill, the 2025 Native American $1 Coin reverse ... her name, “UNITED STATES OF ...

President Trump said Sunday he told the U.S. Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. That puts a stop to penny production by the U.S. Mint that ... the composition of coins to cheaper materials.

The move by Trump is the latest in what has been a rapid-fire effort by his new administration to enact sweeping change.

“U.S. Mint: ‘We have not made a batch of pennies since April of 2023,’” reads the text on the image, which is a screenshot of an X post. “Trump, 2025: ‘I have strongly ordered the U.S ...

President plans more cuts. How many in Mississippi? According to the U.S. Mint, Congress is the body that approves every coin it produces. The Coinage Act of April 2, 1792 established the Mint and ...