The Lincoln one-cent coin could be scrapped, with Trump ordering the Treasury Department and U.S. Mint to stop producing the ...

President Trump has ordered the government to stop making pennies, calling the coins "wasteful." Would Arizona, a copper-producing state, be impacted?

Here’s a bit more on what might transpire, including the potential impact for Arizona, a major copper-producing state: Trump called the coins “wasteful” in that they cost more to produce ...

President Donald Trump is telling the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies, the iconic one-cent copper coin bearing the face of Abraham Lincoln. Shortly after departing Sunday's Super ...

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

The cost of copper today isn't the only time the problem has come up. Back in 1857, Congress discontinued the half-cent and made the penny smaller to reduce the amount of copper needed ...

President Trump announced Sunday that he is telling the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies, ending a 233 ... rising costs of metals like zinc and copper, according to the report.

Pennies were made of copper before 1962 and are currently made majority of zinc but with copper plating. Lincoln has been on the penny since 1909, and the penny was the first coin made by the U.S ...

President Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. "For far too long the United States has minted ...

Can he do that? It’s not clear. But President Trump is right when he says that pennies “literally cost us more than 2 cents.” By Yan Zhuang and Erica L. Green Erica L. Green is a White House ...