The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia pressed its final penny last week, bringing an end to a tradition that dates to the earliest ...

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

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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2025 - The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce that Stack’s Bowers Galleries will auction ...

To commemorate the occasion, the United States Mint has partnered with Stack’s Bowers Galleries to auction off 232 sets of ...

The final penny was produced by the US Mint last week after an order from the White House. While pennies remain legal tender, ...

If the penny does officially fade out, its legacy will live on in jars, couch cushions and the familiar saying: “a penny for ...

Most coins in the U.S. are essentially a sandwich of different metals. The most recent penny was made with layers of copper ...

The final US pennies, minted as production halts, could sell for up to $5 million each at auction. The US Mint aims to ...

The US has stopped minting pennies after 232 years, turning the copper-plated coin into a relic — and a window into a ...

The American penny is history. And the factors that prompted the government to stop making pennies are even truer for the ...