This tiny disc of zinc with just a smidge of copper has played an outsized role in our national (and international) discourse ...

The last ever pennies were minted in Philadelphia on Thursday, making pennies a piece of history, and prompting future generations to reflect on the legacy of the penny and its significance in ...

We pitch it, pinch it, squeeze and squander it. We stuff it in our loafers and offer it for our thoughts. A bad one always turns up and a pretty one is a splurge we heedlessly indulge. It’s the penny ...

After 232 years, the United States Mint is retiring the penny. In a recent press release, the Mint announced that the last circulating one-cent coins will be available for auction in December. The ...

Presidents Day is Monday, February 17, and since many presidents are on our coins and President Donald Trump is proposing to get rid of pennies, here’s a look a coin history. The cost of producing ...

Abraham Lincoln was three years away from being elected president when the half-cent coin was discontinued as an official ...

The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia is set to strike its last circulating penny on Wednesday as the president has canceled the 1-cent coin.

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