There is no sign the U.S. Mint will stop pressing pennies, but Trump's pledge to stop making them is already being felt in ...

It's one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint since it was established in 1792. “For far too long the United States ... copper. At one time, it was mostly composed of copper, but since 1982 ...

In a post Sunday on his Truth Social site, Trump said: "For far too long the United States ... made the penny smaller to reduce the amount of copper needed, according to the U.S. Mint.

And without the penny, the whole thing faces an uncertain future. The last pennies? New copper pennies vanished from circulation in 1982 ... Engraver of the United States Mint, said in the ...

He ordered the Treasury Department and the U.S. Mint to stop producing the coins. Trump said pennies “cost us ... no. The typical penny is around 97.5% zinc and only 2.5% copper. Since 1982 ...

President Donald Trump says he has ordered the U.S. Mint to stop making pennies, which he correctly says cost more than one cent to produce.“For far too long the United States ... copper and nickel ...