The Indian Head cent remained through 1909, when the design was changed to honor Abraham Lincoln on the 100th anniversary ...

The US minted its last penny on Wednesday. See some of the designs that defined the coin during its 232-year-long history.

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

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

While the penny is no longer being produced, the grimy, circular piece of copper and zinc is getting the last laugh. Less ...

There are about 300 billion pennies currently in circulation in the U.S., much more than what's needed for commerce, according to the U.S. Mint.

The U.S. Mint recently struck what will be the final 1-cent coin to be used as legal currency, a few days after the Trump ...