Last month, the Treasury Department placed its last order of blanks – flat metal discs to make pennies – in a move set into ...

Penny production will stop in 2026, forever changing the landscape of the coin-operated world Sengbusch loves. He said he ...

That humble penny often seems insignificant, barely worth the effort to pick up. But scattered among the billions of ...

This decision comes after President Donald Trump directed the Treasury to stop making pennies in February 2025, citing cost ...

Trump has ordered the Treasury to stop minting pennies because their production cost exceeds their value. (Intriguingly, it's the same for nickels.) ...

The U.S. declined to label China a currency manipulator in a new Treasury report, but accuses Beijing of standing out among ...

Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, chief executive officer of the San Francisco-based nonprofit Rise Economy, said the marginalized ...

The penny’s demise is a sign of ill health for America’s monetary and fiscal policies.

When I read the lowly penny was set for extinction, I got melancholy thinking of what would no longer be. First, kids will ...

So-called "wheat pennies" get their name from the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text. They were produced from 1909 to 1958. After that, the wheat stalks were shorn ...

The Treasury Department has pledged to stop producing the penny by early next year. Here's why — and what becomes of your one ...

Are your old pennies worth a lot of money? Experts say you shouldn't bank on it. However, some wheat pennies could be worth a lot.