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.

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

Trump’s halt to minting of pennies won’t harm Arizona copper industryMost copper mined in the U.S. comes from Arizona. But ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.