The last pennies have been pressed, and in some year in the near future, there will be no pennies to pinch. No penny saved to be a penny earned or make a wish upon as you toss it into a fountain.

On paper, that looks fair — some totals go up, some go down, and everything would balance out over time. But real-world prices don’t land evenly across those digits. In 2023, the Federal Reserve asked ...

Finally, one of our greatest presidents is being decoupled from one of the most annoying American scams. It’s ironic in so many ways. For one, that it was Abraham “Honest Abe” Lincoln whose image was ...

Outside the Denver Mint earlier this week, school groups and tourists waited in the sunshine, lined up against the side of the downtown building for a chance to see where America's money is made. But ...

Why the U.S. government halted production of the penny, and what it could mean for how much things cost. Why the U.S. government halted production of the penny, and what it could mean for how much ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a story published Nov. 12, 2025, about the last penny minted, The Associated Press reported that the last U.S. coin to be discontinued was the half-penny in 1857, according to ...

The American penny is history. The nickel might be next. The last pennies were pressed at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday, a victim of production costs higher than their worth coupled with ...

Another possible repercussion of the penny's passing? Some colorful colloquialisms making use of the word "penny" might not make any cents – I mean sense – in the near future. These days, phrases and ...

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has ceased production of the penny after 232 years. Despite production ending, an estimated 250 billion pennies remain in circulation. The U.S. Department of the ...