The U.S. Mint reports it costs 3.69 cents to mint each penny, which has been a chief argument of the anti-penny crowd, ...

The half-cent coin, meanwhile, was discontinued by Congress ... Ending production of a 1-cent coin wouldn't be unique to the United States. Canada stopped minting its penny in 2012, a move ...

However, some of the most valuable 50-cent pieces sell to coin collectors for thousands or even millions of dollars. The 1797 draped bust half dollar coin was the final draped bust design on the ...