一切都在减少美分。

美国造币厂已经放置了一分钱毛坯的最后订单，并将停止生产硬币

The US Mint is placing its final order for penny blanks and will halt production of the coin when those run out by early next year, a Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

美国财政部发言人周四证实，美国造币厂正在为Penny Blanks下达最终订单，并在明年年初淘汰时停止生产硬币。

The decision follows President Trump’s announcement in February that he had ordered the department to cease making metal Lincolns due to their high production cost.

该决定是在2月特朗普总统宣布的消息后，他命令该部门由于高产成本而停止制造金属林肯。

“Let’s rip the waste out of our great nation’s budget, even if it’s a penny at a time,” Trump said at the time.

特朗普当时说：“即使是一次是一分钱，让我们从我们伟大的国家的预算中撕下废物。”

Over the past 10 years, penny production costs have soared from 1.3 cents per coin to 3.69 cents — increasing by 20% in fiscal year 2024 alone, the Mint said.

造币厂说，在过去的10年中，一分钱的生产成本从每枚硬币的1.3美分飙升至3.69美分，仅在2024财政年度就增加了20％。

Concluding penny production is projected to generate immediate annual savings of $56 million, with further reductions expected from decreased facility usage and other changes as the coin is phased out.

预计一分钱的生产预计将产生5600万美元的立即储蓄，随着硬币的逐步淘汰，设施使用率减少和其他变化预计会进一步减少。

Once there are no longer enough pennies in circulation, businesses will have to begin rounding consumer prices up or down to the nearest 5 cents — similar to what Canada did when it stopped producing its one-cent coin, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the Treasury’s move.

据《华尔街日报》报道，一旦没有足够的流通，企业将不得不开始将消费者价格上涨至最近的5美分，类似于加拿大停止生产其单美分硬币时所做的事情，该日报首先报道了财政部的举动。

Despite the penny’s minimal practical value, it remains the most widely printed coin in the US. The Mint reported making 3.2 billion of them last year — more than half of all new coins produced.

尽管一分钱的实际价值最低，但它仍然是美国印刷最广泛的硬币。造币厂报告说，去年有32亿枚 - 超过一半的新硬币生产。

There are currently 114 billion pennies in circulation in the US, according to the agency.

该机构称，目前在美国有140亿美元的流通。

Two bipartisan bills to end penny production have been introduced in Congress this session.

本届会议中，国会提出了两项​​两党法案，以结束一分钱的生产。

Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the “Make Sense Not Cents Act” on May 1. A day earlier, Reps. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), along with Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), filed the “Common Cents Act.”

迈克·李（Mike Lee）（r-utah）和杰夫·默克利（Jeff Merkley）（D-ore。）于5月1日介绍了“有意义的不是美分法”。一天前，众议员丽莎·麦克莱恩（Lisa McClain）（r-mich。）和罗伯特·加西亚（Robert Garcia。

The penny was among the first coins produced when the US Mint was founded in 1792.

一分钱是美国造币厂成立于1792年时生产的第一批硬币之一。

Since then, it has undergone several changes in design, sign and metallic composition — going from pure copper to a zinc-copper blend.

从那时起，它在设计，符号和金属成分上发生了几次变化 - 从纯铜到锌 - 波波混合物。

Abraham Lincoln’s face was first put on the coin in 1909 to mark the 16th president’s 100th birthday.

亚伯拉罕·林肯（Abraham Lincoln）的脸在1909年首次放在硬币上，以纪念第16总统的100岁生日。