A single Lincoln cent struck on the wrong metal during World War II has traded for well over $1 million, and numismatic ...

The U.S. Treasury Department halted production of the penny on Nov. 12, ending more than 230 years of minting the nation's smallest denomination and signalling the copper-colored coin's gradual exit ...

Fiscally, the mint didn’t have a logical choice. It was costing about 4 cents to mint a single penny, and that’s mostly due to production costs, not because the price of copper has soared. Since 1982, ...

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The combination of “copper” and “penny” might not seem like the best formula for valuable coins considering that you can find higher denominations in gold and silver. But finding the right copper coin ...

For more than two centuries, the penny has quietly anchored American cash transactions as the nation's smallest unit of currency. First minted in 1793, the copper-colored coin is now reaching the end ...

Pennies aren't just for tossing into wishing wells or dropping into the "take a penny, leave a penny" dish at the cash register. There's another take on these tiny copper discs—and this one is edible.

The U.S. is preparing to stop producing new pennies. Some wheat pennies could be worth a lot of money. If you're looking to get rid of your pennies, you can cash them in at banks, credit unions and ...