2010 Half Dime?

One thing to keep in mind though is that there may be a small loss on the minting of cents and nickels, but the US Mint does make an annual profit approaching a billion dollars through seigniorage and numismatic sales. These profits are returned to general Treasury funds after operating costs for the Mint so the Mint is completely self sufficient and uses no tax money. Measures like this do not actually save any money, they would only increase seigniorage profits