美國造幣廠已經製作了最終的一分錢空白，併計劃停止生產硬幣，這些硬幣用完了

通過停止一分錢生產，預計將立即節省5600萬美元的降低材料成本

The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop making the 1-cent coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday.

一名財政部官員周四證實，美國造幣廠已作出了最終的一分錢空白訂單，併計劃停止製作1美分的硬幣。

An immediate annual savings of $56 million in reduced material costs is expected by stopping penny production, according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the news.

據這位官員說，預計將停止一分錢的生產，預計將立即節省5,600萬美元的降低材料成本。

In February, President Donald Trump announced that he was ordering his administration to cease production of the 1-cent coin.

2月，唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統宣布，他命令他的政府停止生產1美分的硬幣。

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump wrote at that time in a post on his Truth Social site. “I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies.”

“很久以來，美國已經鑄造了幾分錢，這實際上使我們花費了2美分。這太浪費了！”特朗普當時在他的真相社交網站上的帖子中寫道。 “我已經指示我的美國財政部長停止生產新的便士。”

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。”

Advocates for ditching the penny cite its high production cost — almost 4 cents per penny now, according to the U.S. Mint — and limited utility. Fans of the penny cite its usefulness in charity drives and relative bargain in production costs compared with the nickel, which costs almost 14 cents to mint.

倡導者拋棄一分錢的高產成本 - 根據美國造幣廠的說法，現在幾乎每一分錢近4美分，而且公用事業有限。一分錢的粉絲們在慈善機構驅動器和生產成本相對便宜貨上引用了其有用性，而鎳的成本將近14美分。

The Wall Street Journal first reported the news.

《華爾街日報》首先報導了這一消息。

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。

Two bipartisan bills to kill the penny permanently were introduced this year.

今年，有兩黨的兩黨法案被永久殺死一分錢。

Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced the Make Sense Not Cents Act this month. In April, Reps. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and Robert Garcia, D-Calif., along with Sens. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., introduced the Common Cents Act.

R-Utah的Mike Lee和D-Ore。 4月，R-Mich。眾議員Lisa McClain和D-Calif。的Robert Garcia以及R-Wyo。的Sens。 CynthiaLummis和DN.Y.的Kirsten Gillibrand介紹了共同的Cents Act。

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Suderman reported from Richmond, Virginia.

Suderman來自弗吉尼亞州里士滿的報導。