You may have never stopped to think about why your coins have those bumpy ridges on the edges, but there's actually a pretty ...

We pitch it, pinch it, squeeze and squander it. We stuff it in our loafers and offer it for our thoughts. A bad one always turns up and a pretty one is a splurge we heedlessly indulge. It’s the penny ...

Tickets and Hours Admission to the U.S. Mint is free, and open to those age 7 and older. Same-day tour tickets are distributed beginning at 7 a.m. each day until they run out.