His announcement stressed the fact that taxpayers lose more than two cents every time another penny is minted.

More than 200 billion pennies are estimated to be in active circulation throughout the United States today. Last month, ...

I can’t call heads or tails on whether we should stop minting the penny. There are two sides to every coin, right? Zinc and ...

This penny somehow missed the 1944 transition from steel-coated zinc to copper, and it’s worth a fortune as a result. Just two copies of the San Francisco-minted version remain. Circulating ...

With an estimated 240 billion pennies in circulation, it’ll be a long time before we stop seeing them in the wild.

Machines that crush pennies into souvenirs may be affected the most by the news the U.S. Treasury Department will stop ...

Today, wheat pennies are considered the most commonly collected U.S. coins, which makes them worth at least a few cents to a dealer. Certain factors can make them worth thousands of times more than ...

A penny will not buy a penny postcard or a penny whistle or a single piece of penny candy. It will not even, if you’re ...