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美聯社報導說，美國造幣廠已為Penny Blanks下達了最終訂單，這標誌著似乎是美國一美分硬幣的道路的盡頭。

The AP reports that the U.S. Mint has placed its final order for penny blanks, which appears to mark the end of the road for America’s one-cent coin.

美聯社報導說，美國造幣廠已為Penny Blanks下達了最終訂單，這似乎標誌著美國一美分硬幣的道路結束。

The order will carry the Mint through the end of 2025. Producing a small number of one-cent coins for circulation in 2026 would be impractical, as speculators and collectors would likely begin to bid up the price of the coins.

該訂單將延伸到2025年底。在2026年生產少量的單美分硬幣進行循環是不切實際的，因為投機者和收藏家可能會開始競標硬幣的價格。

The cent was one of two copper coins the Mint issued upon its founding. The other, the half cent, was discontinued in 1857 because it was no longer practical. That same year, the size and composition of the cent was changed to lower production costs. While the copper-plated zinc used for today’s penny is not the same composition used to strike the 1857 Flying Eagle Cent, that coin, and the pattern version issued the year before were the first of the so-called “Small Cent” types, of which the 2025 Lincoln Shield Cents will be the last.

Cent是造幣廠成立時發出的兩枚銅幣之一。另一個是一半，在1857年被停產，因為它不再實用。同年，Cent的規模和組成更改為降低生產成本。雖然用於當今一分錢的銅鍍鋅並非與擊中1857年飛鷹的含量相同，但硬幣和前一年發行的圖案版本是所謂的“小分美分”類型中的第一種，其中2025林肯盾牌的美分將是最後一個。

More than $1 billion worth of cents remain in circulation, and to date, neither the Treasury Department nor Congress has mentioned demonetizing the coin. Members of the public should continue to see the coin in use after the Mint suspends production, but we do not expect that the coin will stick around for long, as the feedback loop will be broken, and retailers will find it increasingly difficult to stock it. Likewise, banks will likely decide to accept the denomination at some point no longer.

價值超過10億美元的美分仍在流通中，迄今為止，財政部和國會都沒有提到該硬幣的貨幣。薄荷暫停生產後，公眾應該繼續看到使用的硬幣，但我們不希望硬幣會長時間持續，因為反饋迴路會被打破，零售商會發現庫存越來越困難。同樣，銀行可能會在某個時候決定接受該教派。

The Trump Administration thinks so. However, agitation to end penny production is nothing new. Several members of Congress have lobbied to kill the penny, citing its increased cost and diminished spending power.

特朗普政府這樣認為。但是，結束一分錢生產並不是什麼新鮮事。幾名國會議員遊說殺死一分錢，理由是其成本增加並減少了支出能力。

According to the U.S. Mint’s 2024 annual report, it costs 3.69 cents to produce a single penny, which has risen by 20% from the previous year due to increasing prices of zinc and copper. With approximately 3.2 billion pennies minted in 2024 alone, the Mint incurred losses exceeding $85 million on penny production. However, this figure includes hard costs spread out across all coin denominations. As the cent accounts for 40% of the Mint’s total production, eliminating this coin will not eliminate all these costs. The Mint shifting these costs to other circulating coins will make their production more costly. Shifting costs to the five-cent nickel will make that denomination even more expensive to produce. The Mint loses more money making nickels than cents on a per-coin basis. With no one-cent coin, the merchants will require the Mint to strike more five-cent coins.

根據美國造幣廠的2024年年度報告，生產一分錢的成本為3.69美分，由於鋅和銅的價格上漲，這一一分錢比上一年增長了20％。僅2024年，造幣廠就造成了約32億便士的造成的損失，而損失超過了8500萬美元的一分錢。但是，這個數字包括在所有硬幣面額中散佈的硬成本。由於百分鐘佔造幣廠總產量的40％，因此消除了這枚硬幣不會消除所有這些成本。將這些成本轉移到其他循環硬幣的造幣廠將使他們的產量更加昂貴。轉移到五美分鎳的成本將使該面額更加昂貴。薄荷損失的錢比每幣的錢比美分多。由於沒有一個美分的硬幣，商人將要求造幣廠觸發更多的五美分硬幣。