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

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been debated for decades - now President Trump has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. A historian says the move won’t diminish the legacy of Illinois’ favorite son, Abraham ...

President Trump isn't the first politician to call for the end of the penny — but getting rid of it may not be easy. The ...