Coins Act would save billions in taxpayer dollars

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and John McCain, R-Ariz., today reintroduced the Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2017 (COINS Act), legislation that would modernize our currency by moving to a $1 dollar coin, reduce the cost of nickel production and suspend the minting of the penny, which currently costs more than one cent to produce. These money-s...