Coin collectors, or numismatists, know the value of many coins and understand that the better shape a coin is in, the higher ...

Other coins cost less than their face value – it is called seignorage – but we should keep quarters and, except for making change, both dimes and half-dollars are functionally useless.

Here's a rundown of U.S. Mint production costs from the government's latest fiscal year. Each penny costs nearly 4 cents — or $0.0369, to be exact — for the U.S. Mint to make and distribute.

The US is rapidly hurtling toward a catastrophic debt ceiling default. A trillion-dollar coin the size of a quarter could stop it.

Started in 2022, the American Women Quarters Program is an attempt to balance out the faces of U.S. currency, which is dominated by men.With five new quarters released each year since then, coins ...

The coin is part of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters Program, which aims to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions made by women of the United States.

"I am honored to announce the 2025 designs for the fourth and final year of the historic American Women's Quarters Program," U.S. Mint Director Ventris C. Gibson said in a statement.