Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576). To make a quarter, it costs about 15 cents ($0.1468), and nearly 34 cents for a half-dollar ($0.3397).

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, ...

The U.S. Mint took top honors in "Best Circulating Coin" at the 2025 Mint Directors Conference for the work on the Jovita ...

The federal government made its final order of penny blanks this month — the first step to end the production of the 1-cent coin, a spokesperson for the Treasury Department confirmed to USA TODAY.

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The U.S. Mint is set to stop producing pennies, marking the end of an era. With production costs soaring and the utility of ...

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