Is This the End of the Penny?

<![CDATA[Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is aimed at saving the government cash, and one of his current ides would literally put an end to making some of it. On Tuesday, the DOGE X account posted "The penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in FY2023," adding, "The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, around 40% of the 11.4 billion coins for circulation produced."    ]]>