In fact, they were steel, at least for a little while. While the words "copper" and "penny" have been glued together seemingly forever, that has not always been the case. In fact, there was a year in ...

In their day, they added up to cover lots of purchases. But those days, like penny candy, are far in the past.

In 1936 Bing Crosby entertained the nation by crooning “Pennies From Heaven,” but in 2025 it seems that pennies are The Coin From Hell. It didn’t happen overnight, but inflation has reared its ugly ...