It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

The trouble with being the sort of person who gives credit where it's due is the sort of people you sometimes have to give ...

The U.S. Mint produces more than 13 billion pennies each year, although the official name is the “cent” not penny.

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

Ending production of the penny makes sense, a consensus of area coin collectors and business owners told TribLive after a ...

The Lincoln Wheat Penny has been valued at an astonishing price, with some of the rarest versions of the coin rumored to be ...

Massachusetts is home to the oldest drum company in the United States and one of the oldest in the world. Noble and Cooley in Granville, Mass., has been making drums since 1854, catering to some ...

The penny also features President Abraham Lincoln, who has appeared on the penny since 1909. The Lincoln penny is also the coin that includes the phrase “In God We Trust.” “You find out fast ...

Penny production could soon be no more after President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he has ordered the U.S. Treasury ...

An uncirculated 1914 Lincoln penny minted in Denver could fetch up to $1,500, according to JM Bullion. The site shows an uncirculated 1856 Flying Eagle could fetch $14,500. An uncirculated 1877 ...

President Donald Trump says he has ordered the US Mint to stop making pennies, which he correctly says cost more than one cent to produce. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies ...

He’s right — in fact, each US penny costs 3.7 cents to produce and distribute as of 2024. Pennies and nickels cost more than they were worth for the 19th consecutive fiscal year, according to ...