You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

What would happen if the U.S. got rid of the penny? It wouldn't be easy because there are 420 billion in circulation.

During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched to zinc-coated steel pennies to conserve copper for military use. However, a small number of 1943 pennies were mistakenly struck in copper ...

In 1944, pennies were supposed to transition from steel back to copper. These pennies were mistakenly minted using leftover steel planchets in 1943. Only seven Denver-minted steel pennies are ...