美国造币厂已经制作了最终的一分钱空白，并计划停止生产硬币，这些硬币用完了

通过停止一分钱生产，预计将立即节省5600万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.

一名财政部官员周四证实，美国造币厂已作出了最终的一分钱空白订单，并计划停止制作1美分的硬币。

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.

据这位官员说，预计将停止一分钱的生产，预计将立即节省5,600万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，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统宣布，他命令他的政府停止生产1美分的硬币。

“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.”

“很久以来，美国已经铸造了几分钱，这实际上使我们花费了2美分。这太浪费了！”特朗普当时在他的真相社交网站上的帖子中写道。 “我已经指示我的美国财政部长停止生产新的便士。”

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.”

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。”

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.

倡导者抛弃一分钱的高产成本 - 根据美国造币厂的说法，现在几乎每一分钱近4美分，而且公用事业有限。一分钱的粉丝们在慈善机构驱动器和生产成本相对便宜货上引用了其有用性，而镍的成本将近14美分。

The Wall Street Journal first reported the news.

《华尔街日报》首先报道了这一消息。

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。

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

今年，有两党的两党法案被永久杀死一分钱。

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。众议员Lisa McClain和D-Calif。的Robert Garcia以及R-Wyo。的Sens。CynthiaLummis和DN.Y.的Kirsten Gillibrand介绍了共同的Cents Act。

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Suderman reported from Richmond, Virginia.

Suderman来自弗吉尼亚州里士满的报道。