Got a piggy bank full of pennies? The small currency has officially become a thing of the past, but don't think you are sitting on a gold mine just yet.
The US Mint has ended penny production after more than two centuries. The decision follows a directive to stop minting coins ...
The country’s final pennies were pressed at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, where they’ve been produced since 1793, a year ...
With an estimated 250 billion pennies still in circulation, we'll probably still find them in couches generations from now.
One penny costs 3.7 cents to make, according to the latest 2024 U.S. Mint Annual Report. That is about 270% more than they are worth.
Indiana's coin shows a young Lincoln sitting on a log, reading a book. It's meant to depict his time in Indiana from 1816 to ...
Yes, pennies do cost more to produce than they’re worth.
The last two pennies minted at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday were stamped with a special omega and will not be ...
U.S. coins worth five cents have been around since 1794, but they were called “half dimes” during the early decades. The term “nickel” wasn’t (um) coined until 1866, though the smaller half dime ...
If you have spare nickels hanging around, don’t discard them too soon, because there’s a chance they're worth much more than you think. Several versions of these coins exist, but the Buffalo nickel is ...