As a child, my mother often took my sister and me on day trips to Lawrence, a college town in Kansas. While their downtown ...

This detective story involves the intriguing connections between technology, penny farthings, and the United States Capitol. It delves into the history of the League of American Wheelmen, the American ...

This tiny disc of zinc with just a smidge of copper has played an outsized role in our national (and international) discourse. The U.S. Mint ended production of the one-cent coin last week.

The U.S. Mint pressed it’s final penny on Wednesday, bringing an end to a production of more than 230 years.

The news that the last American penny has been minted feels a bit like watching an old barn finally sag to the ground.

The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of ...

Ending production of the 1-cent coin will save the government money and could streamline big retailers’ operations. But it ...

Benjamin Franklin, who coined the phrase “a penny saved is a penny earned,” designed the original American penny, known as ...

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

Royal Mail has unveiled a new collection of stamps, paying homage to some of the most celebrated designs in British postal ...

The trend toward replacing older homes built in the early 1900s with condos continued with the recent demolition of a 1907 ...