Rare U.S. coins are still slipping through cash registers and coin jars, and some of them can be worth far more than their ...

We aren’t here to praise the penny, but rather, to bury it. The penny, and its counterparts, have been vanishing all around the world as the cost of minting one far outweighs its value. But ...

The 1863 Indian Head Penny is a classic Civil War–era small-cent issue struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Made from a ...

President Donald Trump is telling the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies, the iconic one-cent copper coin bearing the face of Abraham Lincoln. Shortly after departing Sunday's Super Bowl game ...

The penny, the United States' iconic one-cent coin whose copper face and everyman symbolism endeared it to millions of Americans before it fell into change-drawer obscurity, died on Nov. 12, 2025. It ...

In the world of numismatics, copper coins hold a special allure for collectors and investors alike. Their historical significance, rarity, and unique minting errors can make them worth far more than ...

Copper pennies are worth more than others, but its illegal to melt pennies. Dec. 2, 2011— -- Joe Henry is on a first name basis with bank tellers across his hometown of Medford, Ore., scouring 15 ...

A pre-1982 penny has about 2 cents worth of copper in it. Some people hoard them, betting that the U.S. will kill the penny and then it will be legal to melt them down and they can make a killing.