It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...
Ending production of the penny makes sense, a cross-section of area coin collectors and business owners told TribLive after a ...
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 ...
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 ...
The U.S. Mint said in fiscal 2024, it took about 3.69 cents to produce and distribute one penny, a 20.2% increase from 2023.
As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump has ordered the end of the penny.
Donald Trump isn’t the first to dream about getting rid of lowest denomination US coin, nor is the US the only country to see ...
The U.S. Treasury is ending penny production due to high costs and low usage, sparking debate over its financial benefits and ...
The penny’s fate remains uncertain. No executive order has been published regarding the president’s penny directive, and the ...
In 2023, H.R. 2817 was introduced to change the composition of coins to cheaper ... In 1909, Abraham Lincoln replaced Liberty on the penny. In 2009, the U.S. Mint issued four different pennies ...
The president's halt on "wasteful" penny production could cause the value of the rarest one-cent coins to surge.