The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out.

The United States wouldn't be the first country to eliminate the coin, Turco said. Canada, for example, decided to phase out its penny in 2012. In the U.S., the Department of Defense stopped using ...

Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576). To make a quarter, it costs about 15 cents ($0.1468), and nearly 34 cents for a half-dollar ($0.3397).

The federal government is pulling the penny from circulation, ending a historic run for the coin dating back to the country's ...

Around 270 riders working for food delivery platform Keeta have gone on strike to protest what they called an “unfair” system ...