在特朗普消除单美分硬币之后，美国造币厂订购了最后一批便士

美国造币厂周四表示，在唐纳德·特朗普总统下令消除鲜为人知的一美分硬币后，已下令最后一批便士。

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.

一位官员说，在唐纳德·特朗普总统下令消除鲜为人知的一美分硬币后，美国造币厂周四下令最后一批便士。

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负责监督造币厂的财政部长斯科特·贝森特（Scott Bessent）的代价上已经有了一分钱的成本，而二月份，特朗普指挥了财政部长斯科特·贝森特（Scott Bessent），以停止尽快制作新的铜硬币。

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.

该官员说，通过结束新的便士的生产，财政部预计将立即节省5,600万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，带有亚伯拉罕·林肯总统的相似之处的无处不在的口袋和钱包填充物不太可能在一夜之间变得稀缺。

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.

财政部说，目前在美国有大约1,140亿美元的流通，埋在沙发垫子中，或者在汽车地板垫下方摇摆不定。

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.

除了其超大的生产成本外，反支持倡导者还认为硬币有限的效用，随着价格上涨，消费者转向数字支付和卡交易。

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.

一分钱的粉丝们在过去的时代中引用了它在慈善活动和怀旧时的有用性，当时一分钱可以买一块口香糖。他们认为，镍也是一个大笔的失败者，每只花了近14美分的生产。

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.

便士是美国造币厂最受欢迎的硬币，该硬币据报道去年造成了32亿美元。这是去年制造的所有新硬币的一半以上。

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.

国会决定了货币规格，例如硬币的规模和金属含量，可以通过法律永久地命令特朗普的命令。但是过去的国会为抛弃一分钱的努力失败了。

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.”

该国的财政部长有权造币和签发硬币，“秘书决定满足美国的需求是必要的。”

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

一分钱是美国造币厂于1792年成立后制造的第一批硬币之一。