New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

Congress, the Supreme Court, the central bank, the President's House — all national institutions that graced Philadelphia ...

The trouble with being the sort of person who gives credit where it's due is the sort of people you sometimes have to give ...

The U.S. government loses less than $10 million a month minting pennies. In theory, Congress could pass legislation eliminating the penny and requiring rounding within a month or two. The cost to the ...

It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of ...

The U.S. Mint produces more than 13 billion pennies each year, although the official name is the “cent” not penny.

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

President Trump claims he has instructed the U.S. Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the 1-cent coin ...

You may also listen to others read names or light a memorial candle. Receive a special commemorative pin that will be distributed to all visitors. From 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m., watch a livestream of the ...