The penny has been in the crosshairs of Trump officials since he took office. Last month, DOGE, the department run by Tesla ...

President Trump says he wants the Treasury Department to stop making pennies. He made the announcement yesterday citing the ...

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” Trump posted on his social ...

The U.S. Mint reported losing $85.3 million in the 2024 fiscal year that ended in September on the nearly 3.2 billion pennies ...

Donald Trump has ordered the US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing that each one-cent coin costs 3.69 cents to ...

The U.S. Mint reported losing $85.3 million in the 2024 fiscal year that ended in September on the nearly 3.2 billion pennies ...

According to the U.S. Mint, the production of nearly 3.2 billion pennies in the 2024 fiscal year resulted in a loss of $85.3 ...

With President Donald Trump setting his sights on the U.S. Mint’s production of pennies, the penny debate has been given renewed attention.

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 value of the 1-cent coin has been debated for decades.

He said: "£127,000 for this old one penny coin. So the date that you want to be checking your pennies for is the year 1933." To help viewers identify the coin, he displayed a similar one from 1938.