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

There’s a ring I’ve worn on the middle finger of my left hand for 23 years. And for the 40 years before I wore it, I held the hand that wore it before me every chance I had.

President Donald Trump wants to kill the penny, which costs nearly 4 cents to make. But there are an estimated 300 billion of them circulating. Here’s what that looks like.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury reported the printing death of the once-treasured penny, after the last one-cent coin was manufactured.