在特朗普消除單美分硬幣之後，美國造幣廠訂購了最後一批便士

美國造幣廠週四表示，在唐納德·特朗普總統下令消除鮮為人知的一美分硬幣後，已下令最後一批便士。

The U.S. Mint on Thursday ordered the last batch of pennies after President Donald Trump ordered the elimination of the little-loved one-cent coin, an official said.

一位官員說，在唐納德·特朗普總統下令消除鮮為人知的一美分硬幣後，美國造幣廠週四下令最後一批便士。

With the cost of producing a single penny already skyrockrolling to about 4 cents, Trump in February commanded Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who oversees the mint, to stop making new copper coins as soon as possible.

特朗普在二月份命令負責監督造幣廠的財政部長斯科特·貝森特（Scott Bessent）的代價上已經有了一分錢的成本，而二月份，特朗普指揮了財政部長斯科特·貝森特（Scott Bessent），以停止盡快製作新的銅硬幣。

By ending production of new pennies, the Treasury expects an immediate annual savings of $56 million in reduced material costs, according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the news.

該官員說，通過結束新的便士的生產，財政部預計將立即節省5,600萬美元的降低材料成本。

But the ubiquitous pocket and purse fillers bearing the likeness of President Abraham Lincoln are unlikely to become scarce overnight.

但是，帶有亞伯拉罕·林肯總統的相似之處的無處不在的口袋和錢包填充物不太可能在一夜之間變得稀缺。

There are about 114 billion pennies currently in circulation in the United States, the Treasury says, with an untold number buried in sofa cushions or rattling around under car floor mats.

財政部說，目前在美國有大約1,140億美元的流通，埋在沙發墊子中，或者在汽車地板墊下方搖擺不定。

Aside from its outsized production cost, anti-penny advocates cite the coin’s limited utility as prices have risen and consumers shift to digital payments and card transactions.

除了其超大的生產成本外，反支持倡導者還認為硬幣有限的效用，隨著價格上漲，消費者轉向數字支付和卡交易。

Fans of the penny cite its usefulness in charity drives and nostalgia for a bygone era when one penny could buy a piece of gum. They argue that nickels are a big money loser, too, costing nearly 14 cents apiece to produce.

一分錢的粉絲們在過去的時代中引用了它在慈善活動和懷舊時的有用性，當時一分錢可以買一塊口香糖。他們認為，鎳也是一個大筆的失敗者，每隻花了近14美分的生產。

Pennies are the most popular coin made by the U.S. Mint, which reported making 3.2 billion of them last year. That’s more than half of all the new coins it made last year.

便士是美國造幣廠最受歡迎的硬幣，該硬幣據報導去年造成了32億美元。這是去年製造的所有新硬幣的一半以上。

Congress, which dictates currency specifications such as the size and metal content of coins, could make Trump’s order permanent through law. But past congressional efforts to ditch the penny have failed.

國會決定了貨幣規格，例如硬幣的規模和金屬含量，可以通過法律永久地命令特朗普的命令。但是過去的國會為拋棄一分錢的努力失敗了。

The nation’s treasury secretary has the authority to mint and issue coins “in amounts the secretary decides are necessary to meet the needs of the United States.”

該國的財政部長有權造幣和簽發硬幣，“秘書決定滿足美國的需求是必要的。”

The penny was one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint after its establishment in 1792.

一分錢是美國造幣廠於1792年成立後製造的第一批硬幣之一。