President Trump's order is latest in the decades-long effort to eliminate the penny

By Maria Aspan

Published February 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM EST

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President Trump became the latest U.S. president to say he wants to kill the penny. Both Republicans and Democrats have tried and failed for decades to get rid of America's one-cent coin.

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Maria Aspan

Maria Aspan is the financial correspondent for NPR. She reports on the world of finance broadly, and how it affects all of our lives.