The federal government has officially made the first step to end the production of pennies. The end of penny production marks ...

Pennies were 100% copper until 1857. Their composition slowly changed through the decades. The last change occurred in 1982, ...

The government loses nearly three cents on every penny it mints. On a nickel, it loses nearly nine cents. More nickels would mean steeper losses. America could kill both the penny and the nickel, the ...

Online chatter has lots of folks looking at their caches of coins hoping to find Lincoln wheat pennies that they unrealistically hope are priceless.

Are your old pennies worth millions? Experts say you shouldn't bank on it. However, some wheat pennies could be worth ...

The U.S. rolled out the penny for the first time in 1793, more than 230 years ago. President Abraham Lincoln was the first ...