What Trump’s Plan to Stop Minting Pennies Means for Consumers
President Trump said Sunday that he had asked the U.S. Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, part of an effort to ...
US Mint has put billions of new pennies into circulation since 2023 | Fact check
There's no evidence the Mint ever claimed to have stopped penny production in April 2023. Its own data shows billions have been minted since then.
United States Mint Announces Release of Fifth and Final Coin in Platinum Proof Series Celebrating Five Freedoms of the First Amendment
Launched in 2021 and continuing through 2025, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution Platinum Proof Coin Series reflects the five freedoms enumerated in the First Amendment to the ...
Trump’s plan to eliminate the penny follows sharp drop in U.S. coin demand at Philadelphia mint
Pennies make up more than half of the coins made at the Philadelphia mint, but coin demand has dropped by nearly 10 billion ...
eBay: Rare Royal Mint Blue Peter 50p coin sells for £186
Originally, the coins were sold for £1.09, but they now go for much more than that on occasions, with one even fetching £286 on eBay. This week, one sold for £186, after attracting 18 bids on the ...
Making cents of it all: Here's how much a penny costs you
The penny, whose face value is a modest 1 cent, cost about 3.7 cents to make last year. They aren’t the only expensive coin.