美国可能处于抛弃一分钱的边缘

抓住您的硬币钱包：美国可能处于抛弃一分钱的边缘。据报道，美国财政部正在准备停止

The U.S. may be on the verge of ditching its penny.

美国可能正处于抛弃一分钱的边缘。

According to a Thursday report from The Wall Street Journal, the Treasury Department is set to stop putting new one-cent coins into circulation by early next year.

根据《华尔街日报》的周四报告，财政部将在明年年初停止将新的单美分硬币发行。

The Treasury reportedly made its final order of penny blanks this month, a spokesperson told the WSJ. The Mint will now only produce pennies until it runs out of blanks, which the spokesperson said will take about three to four months. The change will also mean businesses will have to round up or down prices to the nearest five cents, the spokesperson added.

一位发言人告诉WSJ，据报道，财政部本月的最终命令是本月的一分钱。现在，薄荷只会生产几分钱，直到它用尽了空白为止，发言人说，这将花费大约三到四个月。发言人补充说，这一变化还意味着企业将不得不将价格上涨至最接近的五美分。

The Treasury and the U.S. Mint, which is responsible for making the nation’s coins, did not immediately respond to Nexstar’s requests for comment.

负责制造国家硬币的财政部和美国造币厂没有立即回应Nexstar的置评请求。

The report comes months after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) set its sights on the penny and President Donald Trump called on the Treasury Department to stop minting new one-cent coins, calling them “wasteful.”

该报告是在政府效率部（DOGE）将目光投向便士的几个月后，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）呼吁财政部停止铸造新的单美分硬币，称其为“浪费”。

It costs roughly 3.69 cents to make one penny, according to the latest data from the U.S. Mint. Last year also marked the 19th year in a row that the penny — and the nickel — “remained above face value” when it comes to production costs.

根据美国造币厂的最新数据，赚一分钱的成本约为3.69美分。去年还标志着第19年，一分钱和镍 - 在生产成本方面“保持面值高于面值”。

Earlier this month, a bipartisan bill to halt penny production was introduced by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah). It was one of a handful of bills that have been brought forth since Trump’s comments on the one-cent coin.

本月初，参议员杰夫·默克利（D-ore。）和迈克·李（Mike Lee）（R-utah）提出了一项对潘妮（Penny）制作的两党法案。自从特朗普对单美分硬币发表评论以来，这是少数几个法案之一。

“I’m pleased to see the Treasury Department taking a page from my ‘Make Sense, Not Cents Act,'” Sen. Lee said in a statement shared with Nexstar. “Each penny costs four cents to make, so cutting this waste will save the American taxpayer over $85 million every year.”

参议员李在与Nexstar分享的一份声明中说：“我很高兴看到财政部从我的'oke of Meathing而不是Cents Act中摘录一页。” “每一分钱要花4美分，因此减少这种废物将每年为美国纳税人节省超过8500万美元。”

Merkley did not immediately respond to Nexstar’s requests for comment regarding Thursday’s report.

默克利没有立即回应Nexstar关于周四报告的置评请求。

The move comes as Congress is also working on legislation to regulate the Federal Reserve and oversee the national money, according to the Constitution.

根据宪法，国会也正在努力监管美联储并监督国家货币，此举是为了进行立法。

The U.S. would not be the first country to ditch its lowest-denomination coin. (And it wouldn't even be the first time we've stopped producing a coin.)

美国将不会是第一个抛弃其最低贬值硬币的国家。 （这甚至不是我们第一次停止生产硬币。）

What happened when Canada ditched its penny?

加拿大抛弃一分钱时发生了什么？

Canada said farewell to its penny in the early 2010s as the cost of making the coin had risen in recent years. At the time, however, it cost Canada 1.6 cents to produce one new penny, vastly less than what the U.S. is paying now, but enough to spur the government to do away with the coin.

加拿大在2010年代初告别了一分钱，因为近年来制作硬币的成本已经上升。然而，当时，加拿大耗资1.6美分才能生产一分钱，比美国现在所支付的钱要少得多，但足以刺激政府消除硬币。

The Royal Canadian Mint worked with financial institutions and charities to begin collecting the nation’s pennies, essentially putting the distribution process in reverse, Alex Reeves, then the Senior Manager of Communications for the Mint, told PBS News in 2014. Old pennies were turned in and melted down to extract their valuable metals.

加拿大皇家造币厂与金融机构和慈善机构合作，开始收集美国的便士，从本质上讲，分销过程倒转了，当时的薄荷通信高级经理Alex Reeves在2014年告诉PBS News。旧的便士被转向并融化，融化以提取其有价值的金属。

Without a one-cent coin, cash transactions had to change. Cash purchases are now rounded to the nearest nickel: For instance, a $19.82 purchase becomes $19.80 while $19.83 becomes $19.85. Payments with checks or debit or credit cards are not rounded.

如果没有一个美分的硬币，就不得不改变现金交易。现金购买现已四舍五入到最近的镍：例如，$ 19.82的购买变成$ 19.80，而$ 19.83变成19.85美元。带有支票，借记卡或信用卡的付款未舍入。

The U.S. appears likely to do the same, a Treasury spokesperson indicated to the Wall Street Journal.

美国似乎也可能这样做。

Will pennies become valuable collector’s items?

便士会成为有价值的收藏家物品吗？

The short answer is probably not.

简短的答案可能不是。

Ten years after Canada stopped minting the penny, collectors said the novelty value of the coin did not skyrocket. Experts at All About Coins in Salt Lake City recently told Nexstar’s KTVX they don’t foresee a spike in the value of Abraham Lincoln’s coin, either.

收藏家说，加拿大停止铸造一分钱的十年后，硬币的新颖价值并没有飙升。有关盐湖城硬币的专家最近告诉Nexstar的KTVX，他们也不会预见到亚伯拉罕·林肯硬币的价值。

“I don't think that we're ever going to see a day where like a 2024 penny is going to be worth so much more,” store clerk Casey Hackford-Peer explained. “Maybe in 200, 300 years, but not in my lifetime.”

“我认为我们不会看到像2024 Penny这样的一天，它的价值会更高，”商店店员Casey Hacky Hackford-Peer解释说。 “也许在200，300年中，但没有在我的一生中。”

The penny will also remain legal tender.

一分钱还将保持法定招标。

Are there consequences of ending penny production?

结束一分钱生产会产生后果吗？

Outside of rounding cash transactions, some economists and the U.S. Mint have pointed out that there may be additional consequences of ditching the penny.

除了进行全面的现金交易之外，一些经济学家和美国造币厂指出，抛弃一分钱可能会带来其他后果。

First is the practicality. While you’re likely using cash less, when you do, you expect to receive the exact change you are owed. Without pennies, it would be difficult to, say, give you change on a $19.87 purchase if you pay with a $20.

首先是实用性。虽然您可能会减少现金，但是当您这样做时，您希望收到您所欠的确切更改。没有便士，如果您以20美元的价格付款，就很难让您购买19.87美元的购买。

It could also impact those who do not use credit or debit cards and instead rely on cash and coins. Doing away with a penny could even prove costly, in a sense.

它也可能影响那些不使用信用卡或借记卡的人，而是依靠现金和硬币。从某种意义上说，取消一分钱甚至可能会证明昂贵。

In a 2022 report from the Federal Reserve, officials warned

官员在2022年美联储的2022年报告中警告