Currently, the US has six circulating coin denominations: the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar and dollar. Since 2006, producing a penny has cost more than its value, reaching 2.10 cents ...

When I was a little kid, one of the highlights of a trip out with my grandmother was getting a penny to stick ... of post-1965 coin debasement in a 2015 Wall Street Journal column. “When LBJ signed ...

Pennies cost more to make than they’re worth. So why is it so difficult to stop making them? On the latest episode of ...

New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...

President Trump ordered the Treasury department to stop production of pennies. Here's how Americans are responding to the ...

"As an avid collector of coins, the coin collecting community is excited as the discontinuation of the penny is a historic event and it brings a renewed interest in rare and valuable editions ...

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

According to the U.S. Mint, producing a penny costs the government nearly four times more to make than its face value – a fact that has many people, including President Donald Trump, questioning the ...

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

The half dollar is one of the most popular U.S. coins to collect. Though many aren't worth more than their face value, older ...

Australia got rid of its 1- and 2-cent coins in 1992, while Canada stopped distributing its penny in 2012. The U.S. has also eliminated a coin with little to no trouble—the half-cent coin was ...