Launched in 2021 and continuing through 2025, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution Platinum Proof Coin Series reflects the five freedoms enumerated in the First Amendment to the ...

Only tradition explains our stubborn attachment to the penny. But sometimes traditions get ridiculous,” the Farmers’ Almanac ...

When President Donald Trump announced his intention to eliminate the penny Sunday, he cited the rising cost of producing the coin. Data from the U.S. Treasury shows it’s not the only coin that costs ...

US President Donald Trump has ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies. The billionaire ordered to cease ...

The U.S. Mint said in fiscal 2024, it took about 3.69 cents to produce and distribute one penny, a 20.2% increase from 2023.

"It can be a nuisance," an East Meadow diner manager said of trying to locate pennies to make change for customers.

Pennies make up more than half of the coins made at the Philadelphia mint, but coin demand has dropped by nearly 10 billion ...

Representative Mark Amodei has helped to introduce a bill that would change how coins are minted in an effort to make it more ...

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of ...

That puts a stop to penny production by the U.S. Mint that started in 1793 ... In 2023, H.R. 2817 was introduced to change the composition of coins to cheaper materials. It was sent to the ...

The mint also loses money on the nickel, with each of the $0.05 coins costing nearly $0.14 to make. It is unclear whether Mr. Trump has the power to unilaterally eliminate the lowly one-cent coin.