Although most people have never had one in their pocket change, the half-cent used to be a common coin in the US. It was actually one of the first coins ever minted and continued being released ...

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” Trump posted on his social ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the ...

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the one-cent coin would not be the first low-denomination coin to be discontinued in the U.S.: Congress ordered a stop to minting the half cent coin in 1857.

President Donald Trump has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin ... the half-cent coin in 1857, according to ...