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

New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...

the iconic one-cent copper coin bearing the face of Abraham Lincoln. Shortly after departing Sunday's Super Bowl game in New Orleans, the president took to his Truth Social site and said that ...

Now he has set his sights on the humble penny. The Lincoln one-cent coin could be scrapped, with Trump ordering the Treasury Department and U.S. Mint to stop producing the coins. That followed an ...

Pennies were made of copper before 1962 and are currently made majority of zinc but with copper plating. Lincoln has been on the penny since 1909, and the penny was the first coin made by the U.S ...

The penny was first issued by the government in 1793. Since 1909, the profile of President Abraham Lincoln has adorned the obverse side of the coin that is made of zinc and copper. A debate has ...

You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

He announced that he has directed the Treasury Secretary to halt production of the one-cent coin featuring Abraham Lincoln as part of a broader effort to cut waste in the national budget.

President Donald Trump said he has ordered a stop to minting new pennies because they cost more to make than they’re worth. He announced that he has directed the Treasury Secretary to halt ...

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 ...