Penny wise: Trump says it’s time to stop making 1-cent coins
President Trump has instructed the Treasury secretary to stop making pennies, which he calls “wasteful.” “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” Mr. Trump posted Sunday night on Truth Social. “This is so wasteful!”
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.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The President took to social media to say he thinks we should stop minting new pennies, calling the 1-cent ...
One version of the coin sold at auction for $3,960 in November 2020, according to the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) website. Here’s another double-die obverse Lincoln cent from the ...
For collectors, extinction can help push coin values up into the thousands and even millions of dollars. The Numismatic ... be headed for extinction are one-cent and five-cent pieces.
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