It’s the wheat that could help you garner some green from collectors. The US could ditch the penny: What happened when Canada ...

And without the penny, the whole thing faces an uncertain future. New copper pennies vanished from circulation in 1982 — 73 ...

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first cent was of a woman with flowing hair, who stood for liberty.

Since the lowly penny in 2024 cost about 3.7 cents to make – meaning the government loses money on every coin – the announcement might seem practical at first glance. But does the president ...

Matthew Johnson, the founder of Tufts’ coin club, is one of those enthusiasts who filled up his penny collection, with entries for every year beginning in 1909, when Abraham Lincoln first graced ...

And without the penny, the whole thing faces an uncertain future. New copper pennies vanished from circulation in 1982 — 73 years after the first Lincoln penny was minted — and were replaced ...