Dollar coins that once slipped unnoticed through cash registers are now quietly trading for far more than face value. Recent ...

The U.S. minted its final pennies in November, and you’ll soon have a chance to snag a rare three-coin set to commemorate it.

Will nostalgia lead to more collecting, driving up the value of rare pennies? Or will some people rush to unload their ...

The U.S. Treasury Department stopped producing pennies. What does this mean for collectors and the value of the penny? Here's ...

After more than 230 years of steady service, the humble one-cent piece has retired — for now. The U.S. Mint pressed its final ...

Dollar Error For a Lincoln cent, however, the 1943 copper penny is extremely valuable, with circulated examples selling at ...

The penny was the first U.S. coin minted with the visage of a person. Until 1909, we had not bestowed such prestige on any ...

Another possible repercussion of the penny's passing? Some colorful colloquialisms making use of the word "penny" might not make any cents – I mean sense – in the near future. These days, phrases and ...

Sorry, penny pinchers, you just shortchanged. The United States ended production of the penny this week, more than two centuries since the one-cent coin first went ...

PHILADELPHIA — People visiting Benjamin Franklin's grave, just across from the United States Mint, often drop pennies on the marble marking the final resting place of the Founding Father who wrote, "A ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years but became nearly worthless. When it ...

Unfortunately, making the one-cent coin really did cost a pretty penny. After 232 years in circulation—nearly as long as the United States of America has been a country—the final penny was minted Nov.