从现在开始，省下的一便士不仅仅是赚到的一便士;这也是历史的遗迹。
这最后一分钱周三在费城铸币厂铸造，在流通了230多年后，它是一种有用的硬币翻转装置，一种向幸运池塘传递愿望的工具，也是最小的美国货币。
“今天，我们让一分钱退役，”正在履行财政部副部长职责的德里克·托伊尔在费城铸币厂发表的声明中说，费城铸币厂是200多年前第一枚一分钱诞生的城市。
美国财政部长布兰登·比奇也在活动中发言，强调了这一历史性时刻。比奇说，美国上一次停止流通硬币是在1857年。
“鉴于美国钱包的快速现代化，财政部和特朗普总统不再认为继续生产便士在财政上是负责任的，也不是满足美国公众需求所必需的，”比奇说，并列出了他所声称的对国家的财政利益。
根据美国财政部的数据，在过去的10年里，生产一便士的成本翻了一倍多，达到3.69美分。
比奇说:“虽然今天我们告别了我们的一分铜币，但让我非常清楚，一分钱仍然是法定货币。”“我们有超过3000亿便士仍在流通，我们鼓励你使用它们。”
比奇还表示，最后铸造的硬币将被拍卖，不会进入流通领域。
唐纳德·特朗普总统今年早些时候在一篇真实的社交帖子中宣布他打算停止便士的生产。
特朗普在2月的《邮报》上写道:“太长时间以来，美国铸造的便士实际上花费了我们2美分以上。”“这太浪费了!我已经指示我的美国财政部长停止生产新的便士。让我们把浪费从我们伟大国家的预算中剥离出来，哪怕一次一便士。”
根据造币厂的数据，美国造币厂报告称，2024财年在制造便士上损失了8530万美元年度报告敬国会。
要了解更多支持和反对结束一便士的理由，在这里继续阅读。
硬币悠久而著名的历史简介
该国的第一种形式的便士，称为Fugio美分的铜币，最早出现于1787年，是由“美国革命期间法国政府送往美国的火药桶的带子”制成的亚特兰大联邦储备银行，引用“国会杂志”
科罗拉多州科罗拉多斯普林斯市货币博物馆的助理馆长卡罗琳·特科(Caroline Turco)今年早些时候接受美国广播公司(ABC)新闻采访时说，官方的一分硬币于1793年在美国首次生产，最初的大小是现在的25美分硬币。
图尔科说，林肯的肖像也出现在5美元的钞票上，是在1909年被添加到硬币上的。
多年来，便士的大小和设计一直在变化，制造这种货币的材料组合也是如此，根据美国铸币局的说法。
A penny short: US mints final 1-cent coins after over 230 years in circulation
From here on out, a penny saved is more than just a penny earned; it's also a relic of history.
Thefinal pennywas minted on Wednesday at the Philadelphia Mint after over 230 years in circulation as a useful coin flip device, a vehicle to cast wishes into lucky ponds and the smallest form of U.S. currency.
"Today, we retire the penny," Derek Theurer, who is performing the duties of Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, said in statements delivered at the Philadelphia Mint, the same city where the first penny was created over two centuries prior.
U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach also spoke at the event, highlighting the historic moment. Beach said the last time the United States discontinued a coin was the half cent in 1857.
"Given the rapid modernization of the American wallet, the Department of the Treasury and President Trump no longer believe the continued production of the penny is fiscally responsible or necessary to meet the demands of the American public," Beach said, laying out what he claimed were financial benefits to the country.
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the cost of producing a single penny has more than doubled in the past 10 years, to 3.69 cents.
"Although today we say goodbye to our copper one-cent coin, let me be crystal clear, the penny remains legal tender," said Beach. "We have over 300 billion pennies that remain in circulation and we encourage you to use them."
Beach also shared that the final pennies minted will be auctioned off and will not go into circulation.
President Donald Trump earlier this year announced his intention to stop penny production in a Truth Social post.
"For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents," wrote Trump in the February post. "This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies. Let's rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it's a penny at a time."
The U.S. Mint reported losing $85.3 million on making pennies in fiscal year 2024, according to the Mint'sannual reportto Congress.
To read more about the reasons in support and opposition to the end of the penny,read on here.
A brief history of the long and famed life of the penny
The country's first form of pennies, copper coins called Fugio cents, first appeared in 1787 and were made from "the bands used to hold together powder kegs that the French government sent to the United States during the American Revolution," according to theFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, citing the "Journal of Congress."
The official one-cent piece was first produced in the United States in 1793 and was originally the size of the present-day quarter, according to Caroline Turco, assistant curator of the Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who spoke with ABC News earlier this year.
Turco said Lincoln, whose likeness is also on the $5 bill, was added to the coin in 1909.
The size and design of the penny has varied over the years, as well as the exact combination of materials used to create the currency,according to the U.S. Mint.
