President Trump became the latest U.S. president to say he wants to kill the penny. Both Republicans and Democrats have tried and failed for decades to get rid of America's one-cent coin. (This story ...

“A penny for your thoughts” is an idiomatic expression. It used to be a thing. But then again, a penny used to be a thing.

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. The move by Trump is the latest in what has been ...

His company, Portland Mint, sells old pennies in bulk — 40,000 pounds (18,100 kilograms) at a time — to investors angling to ...

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of ...

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

The nickel ... costs nearly 14 cents to make. One doesn’t have to have studied Economics 101 to understand this is a complete ...

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 ...

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

President Trump called the minting of the coin a waste of money, reviving a longstanding debate about getting rid of the ...

It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...