The trouble with being the sort of person who gives credit where it's due is the sort of people you sometimes have to give ...

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

The penny, whose face value is a modest 1 cent, cost about 3.7 cents to make last year. They aren’t the only expensive coin.

They may regret losing Abraham Lincoln’s face on the penny coin (he will survive on the $5 bill). But eliminating the penny is more than a practical cost-saving measure. It’s a test of our ...

Lincoln became the face of pennies in 1909 in honor of the 16th president’s 100th birthday. If the penny were to be fazed out of circulation, it would not be the first coin the U.S. Mint stopped ...

Trump orders Treasury to stop minting pennies. How much copper is in a penny? Here's how much it cost to mint a penny.