Cease production of the penny, let collectors gobble up what’s left of the 1 cent coin, and there will still be one eternally ...

New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...

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 ...

Amid the recent flurry of Trump's often contentious executive orders, he announced Sunday night that he'd ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt the production of the 1-cent coins ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department ...

It's not clear if Trump has the power to simply do away with the penny. The Constitution gives Congress control of currency ...

For many, pennies stand as an enduring reminder of youth – a time when one cent was enough to buy a piece ... children – all ...

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. Nickels cost about 13.8 cents to make in 2024, despite them being ...

Just one coin used to buy you a treat ... "Get you a little bag and picked up - you had five cents and you could get five pieces of candy," Whitby said. 80-year-old Carol Gramling said she ...

THE PRESIDENT CITED THE RISING COST OF PRODUCING THE ONE-CENT COIN. THE U-S MINT SAYS IT LOST MORE THAN 85-MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR ON NEARLY 3 BILLION PENNIES. EACH PENNY COST A LITTLE LESS THAN ...