It's the end of an era. After 233 years, the U.S. Mint will stop making cents. A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY that the government placed its last order of blank coins to ...

Change is coming to how we make change, thanks to the impending demise of the penny. That’s not an alternative fact: The U.S. Mint said in its annual report that each penny costs 3.69 cents to make.

Americans are increasingly using less cash, leading to a disregard for the value of coins. While some consider coins a nuisance, they hold significant monetary value, with the average coin jar ...

No more pennies from heaven? Whether you're pinching pennies or penny smart and pound foolish, the U.S. is considering a penny drop. President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to stop making the coins. On ...

Coin collecting, or numismatics (a term which also encompasses the study of coins), has been a practice for at least 2,000 years, with Augustus — also known as Octavian — famously gifting a variety of ...

Although penny production has concluded, the 1-cent coin will "retain its value indefinitely" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

WASHINGTON -- At least one corner of the federal government has a money problem: It's sitting on too much of it. The U.S. Mint has produced $1.4 billion in surplus dollar coins that are sitting in ...

The U.S. Mint will stop producing pennies after 233 years. The Treasury placed its last order for blank pennies in May. No timeline has been given for when pennies will be removed from circulation. It ...