‘Pennies Are Trash Now’: Reporter Shocked to Discover ‘There Is No Plan’ Now That Feds Stopped Minting One-Cent Coins

Sarah Rumpf Nov 18th, 2025, 12:56 am

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The federal government stopped minting new pennies last week, but as one reporter who has extensively followed the saga of the little copper-colored coin discovered, there does not seem to be much of a plan for what to do next.

Among the slew of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump during his first few weeks of his second term was one that ordered the U.S. Mint to cease minting pennies , because each one “literally cost us more than 2 cents,” which he described as “so wasteful!” Unlike some of his other nominations and actions , this move was far le

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