The time of the penny is coming to a close. The U.S. Treasury Department placed its last order of blanks, flat metal discs ...

The Trump administration plans to stop minting the one-cent coins early next year. Here are the potential consequences that ...

Dump those coin jars out on the table and see what you've got, as production of the penny is ending in the U.S. and you may ...

American currency as we know it today has been in circulation since 1792. Founding Fathers, past presidents, and a selection ...

But producing pennies still faced some hurdles, such as the rising cost of copper, the material solely used to make the one-cent coins. More than 50 years later, the Coinage Act of 1857 was passed ...

Critics have argued for years that the penny was becoming irrelevant and unaffordable and should be put out of its misery.

The penny today features the image of Abraham Lincoln. Older one-cent coins were larger and made of pure copper, while today's smaller coin is made of copper and mostly zinc. Experts say it's ...

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After nearly two centuries, the U.S. government is ending the production of the penny. The U.S. penny discontinuation means that, in time, these coins that you grew up with will no longer be in ...

The department made its final order of penny blanks earlier this month, and the U.S. Mint will continue to manufacture the 1-cent coins until the inventory blanks are used up, the Journal reports.

President Trump ordered the halt of penny production due to cost concerns. Discontinuing the penny could negatively impact low-income households through rounding costs. Minting pennies just doesn ...