Will nostalgia lead to more collecting, driving up the value of rare pennies? Or will some people rush to unload their ...

The first year the half-cent was minted for circulation was 1793, and over 35,000 coins were released that year. Few of those survive. This first version of the half-penny shows Lady Liberty facing ...

The US Mint officially ended production of the one-cent coin on November 12. US Treasurer Brandon Beach struck the last penny at the Philadelphia Mint, marking the end of the 232-year-old coin that ...

The final penny was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday, 232 years after the first penny rolled off the production line. The government decided to stop making new pennies because each one costs nearly 4 ...

The U.S. Mint has ended production of the penny, a move designed to save money given the growing irrelevance of the 1-cent coin.

Most penny production ended over the summer, officials said. During the final pressing, workers at the mint stood quietly on the factory floor as if bidding farewell to an old friend. When the last ...