For more than two centuries, the penny has quietly anchored American cash transactions as the nation's smallest unit of currency. First minted in 1793, the copper-colored coin is now reaching the end ...
Change is coming to how we make change, thanks to the impending demise of the penny. President Donald Trump ordered the Treasury Department, back in February, to stop minting pennies. His argument – ...
Many banks said in late December that they're going to continue to accept pennies in 2026. The American Bankers Association is asking the Federal Reserve to reverse its decision to stop accepting ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump’s decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year is starting to have real implications for the nation’s ...
Change is coming to how we make change – the penny will soon be no more. In early 2024, President Donald Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. Why? His reasoning echoes a ...
After 232 years of production, the U.S. Mint stamped its final batch of pennies on November 12, 2025. In February, President Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies because the ...
Change is coming to how we make change, thanks to the impending demise of the penny. That’s not an alternative fact: The U.S. Mint said in its annual report that each penny costs 3.69 cents to make.