The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) might be in the literal business of penny pinching, but doing away with the costly and virtually useless U.S. pennies might ultimately fall under the purview of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Amid the controversy of DOGE cutting waste, fraud, and abuse that Democrats and Elon Musk critics vehemently oppose, a DOGE spokesman pointed Axios to the Treasury on whether the penny is going to be contracted from the U.S. mint.

“Shouldn’t you ask Treasury?” the spokesman told Axios, when asked if the ending the penny was going to be a DOGE initiative.

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