U.S. Mint
Federal Coin Production and Distribution to the Federal ReserveDescription
Terry Beckwith unleashes the U.S. Mint's torrent—14 billion pennies forged and shipped to the Federal Reserve last year—barreling through Roosevelt Room negotiations to champion penny extinction under the Legal Tender Modernization Act. This federal minting juggernaut floods the monetary bloodstream with copper-zinc relics, eroding under inflation's bite, and ignites quid pro quo firestorms that snare White House staff in reluctant policy pledges amid school bonds brinkmanship.