Abraham Lincoln was three years away from being elected president when the half-cent coin was discontinued as an official form of American currency. Now, his visage on the 1-cent coin is on track to ...

Some of the most valuable modern coins are not ancient rarities but ordinary-looking '90s quarters hiding dramatic minting ...

The United States has finally shut off the presses for the one-cent coin, ending more than a century of minting pennies and ...

In recognition of this historic offering, Stack’s Bowers Galleries will waive the Buyer’s Premium on these special Omega ...

After 232 years of production, the final circulating penny was struck by United States Treasurer Brandon Beach on Nov. 12, ...

McDonald’s locations are rounding cash totals as the U.S. ends penny production. Here’s what customers need to know about the ...

The United States ended production of the penny earlier this month, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years but became nearly worthless.

Supplies of the one-cent coin are plummeting. Businesses can't give exact change. Banks are struggling to resupply them. And amid it all, the federal government has said almost nothing.

After more than 230 years of steady service, the humble one-cent piece is retiring — for now. The United States Mint pressed ...

According to the U.S. Mint, the penny, which now costs just under 4 cents to produce, was one of the first coins it ...

Just days earlier, United States Treasurer Brandon Beach had struck the final circulating one-cent coin in a ceremony at the ...

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