Skip to main content

Support WBUR

Does retiring the penny make cents?

05:14
Freshly made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007. (David Zalubowski/AP)
Freshly made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007. (David Zalubowski/AP)

President Trump says he's directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies.

Host Peter O'Dowd talks with Jeff Gore, founder of the group Citizens to Retire the U.S. Penny, about why it might make 'cents' to retire the coin.

This segment aired on February 12, 2025.

Support WBUR

Support WBUR

Listen Live