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The department says it has placed its final order for penny blanks, and production will end when they run out, which will ...
The penny’s run is coming to an end. First minted in 1792, it has been in circulation constantly. It wll be sunseted next ...
Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576). To make a quarter, it costs about 15 cents ($0.1468), and nearly 34 cents for a half-dollar ($0.3397).
Treasury Department will take pennies out of circulation next year. Costly nickels, however, could cancel out savings.
The cost of producing a penny has skyrocketed in recent years, reaching 3.69 cents, according to the Treasury Department.