President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the cost of producing the one-cent coin.
  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Far more? From this article, updated today it says:

    According to the latest annual report from the US Mint, each penny cost 3.7 cents to make, including the 3 cents for production costs, and 0.7 cents per coin for administrative and distribution costs. But each nickel costs 13.8 cents.

    From this it seems pennys are 50% more expensive to make in comparitive value compared to a nickel.