"The United States Mint will continue to manufacture pennies while an inventory of penny blanks exists," the spokesperson ...

So-called "wheat pennies" get their name from the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text.

So-called "wheat pennies" get their name from the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text.

The Treasury Department has pledged to stop producing the penny by early next year. Here's why — and what becomes of your one-cent coins.