What did Trump say about pennies? Trump called the coins “wasteful” in that they cost more to produce than they’re worth, in ...

Trump orders Treasury to stop minting pennies. How much copper is in a penny? Here's how much it cost to mint a penny.

His company, Portland Mint, sells old pennies in bulk — 40,000 pounds (18,100 kilograms) at a time — to investors angling to ...

Most copper comes from Arizona. But Trump’s announcement that he will halt production of pennies won’t make a dent in the ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of ...

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 ...

Trump has made sweeping changes — attempting to remake the federal workforce and implementing new tariffs, among others — but ...

That “can be met without any new copper pennies at all being minted — i.e. that the need is zero,” Tribe said. “Unlike a lot of what the White House has been doing pursuant to the flood of ...

With President Trump now seeking to end the penny’s production, coin shops in the Valley are preparing for life without the penny.

The price of nickel fell 27.1% last year, which could account for some of the drop in losses.For pennies, while the average ...

In one, prices are up 32% from a year ago Actually, no. The typical penny is around 97.5% zinc and only 2.5% copper. Since 1982, copper-plated pennies have been made primarily from zinc.