Every penny costs 3.7 cents to manufacture and the U.S. Treasury lost $85.3 million in 2024 producing them, the U.S. Mint ...
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 ...
That was the 19th consecutive fiscal year that the unit cost for pennies has been above face value, it adds. The value of keeping the nation's smallest-value coin has been a decades-long debate ...