Only Congress has the power to do that, but what would happen if the United States got rid of the one-cent coin? The U.S. Mint said it lost $85.3 million last year minting 3.2 billion new pennies.

They were first produced with an image of Lady Liberty on the front and ... them worth thousands of times more than one cent though, Dave Sorrick, coin expert and collector at In God We Trust ...

Share your story idea with La’Nita. In less than two weeks, Liberty voters will decide whether to approve a 1-cent increase in the city’s general sales tax to support first responders.