The Treasury Department will follow through on President Donald Trump’s order to stop producing pennies, Newsmax has confirmed.

New pennies will cease being put into circulation by early next year, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Businesses eventually will need to begin rounding up or down to the nearest 5 cents due to not enough pennies being available for everyday cash transactions, the Treasury said.

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