The penny may soon be obsolete because President Trump told the treasury department to stop making them. FOX 5 NY's Meredith Gorman has the details.
The world’s richest man got encouragement Sunday to bring his cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency into one of the most secure places in the world: Fort Knox.
It’s unclear the last time the facility underwent a comprehensive audit, the vaults were totally off-limits for decades. The government assesses the book value of $42.22 per ounce, totaling about $6.2 billion worth of gold in Fort Knox.
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