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 ...
It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...
President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of America’s smallest coin.
As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump has ordered the end of the penny.
The penny’s fate remains uncertain. No executive order has been published regarding the president’s penny directive, and the ...
With President Donald Trump setting his sights on the U.S. Mint’s production of pennies, the penny debate has been given renewed attention.
The president's halt on "wasteful" penny production could cause the value of the rarest one-cent coins to surge.