Penny souvenir sellers face an uncertain future

Drop the US penny? Hold on, souvenir sellers say
"It's pretty cool because when I tell people what I do, I just say my initials are on the penny," Joseph Menna, the 14th chief engraver of the U.S. Mint, said in the 2019 film "Heads-Up: Will We Stop Making Cents?"
The US penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. But for one sector of souvenir sellers, it's a living
New copper pennies vanished from circulation in 1982 ... the printed coin it maintains a ghost image of the printed head of Lincoln,” said Brian Peters, general manager of Minnesota-based ...
Penny souvenir sellers face an uncertain future after Trump’s pledge to stop making the coins
Regardless of what happens to niche businesses, penny defenders say they’re an important tool for lubricating the economy even if they’re a money-losing proposition.
It Costs the Mint Nearly 4 Cents to Make a Penny. But for Souvenir Sellers, Pennies Are Worth Dollars.
Trump thinks pennies are a bad deal and unnecessary. But to a group of businesses that rely on them, the penny is precious.
Making change: How pennies became a living for one sector of souvenir sellers
President Donald Trump's pledge to stop printing pennies is already being felt in one niche world that depends on souvenir coins.
The penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. But for souvenir sellers, it’s a living
Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop making pennies with a Feb. 10 sentence on his social media account that followed years of conservatives pointing out that putting a copper-coated zinc
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5 Copper Coins Worth a Lot of Money
The combination of "copper" and "penny" might not seem like the best formula for valuable coins considering that you can find ...
12 Most Valuable Pennies in Circulation As Trump Stops Production
The president's halt on "wasteful" penny production could cause the value of the rarest one-cent coins to surge.
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10 of the Most Valuable Pennies
Made of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc alloy ... Like VDB, who struck his initials on the bottom of Lincoln pennies, the designer of the Indian Head — James Longacre –started slipping an ...
Trump promised no new pennies — here’s how that would work
The president could promptly end the production of new pennies, but phasing out the coin would take time and mean changes at retail stores, economists said.
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Trump wants the U.S. to stop producing pennies. Would it make sense to do so?
Or more likely, could the nickel see a change in composition, as the penny did in 1982, when it went from mostly copper to mostly ... says to insert a penny, Lincoln's head upside down and ...
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Is eliminating the penny a good idea? Other countries have already done it
The penny design included 'Liberty,' a 'Flying Eagle' and an 'Indian Head' The penny was originally made of pure copper and now made ... changed to honor Abraham Lincoln’s 100th birthday in ...