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 ...

As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump has ordered the end of the penny.

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.

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.

A rare Royal Mint 50p coin sold for more than £300 on eBay this week, as Brits are being encouraged to check their change. Lots of people find rare and valuable coins and sell them on to try and ...

Today, some Lincoln ... coin. It is so rare that it has twice sold at auction for more than $100,000. The penny was struck at the Denver Mint in 2001 and features the usual portrait of Abraham ...

"The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, around 40% of the 11.4 billion coins for circulation ... Jefferson after it deals with Abraham Lincoln. Musk has said that DOGE will slice ...