Here’s what to know about why and when penny production stopped, how many are in circulation and which rare pennies could be ...

The U.S. Mint made the last penny on Wednesday, ending the years-long farce of the government producing coins that cost more to make than they are worth.

The U.S. government is no longer minting pennies, and soon, cash retail transactions will be rounded to the nearest nickel. What, exactly, does a single penny buy you these days? We took a drive ...

I can’t call heads or tails on whether we should stop minting the penny. There are two sides to every coin, right? Zinc and copper used to make a penny are worth almost four times the value of the ...

I can’t call heads or tails on whether we should stop minting the penny. There are two sides to every coin, right? Zinc and copper used to make a penny are worth almost four times the value of the ...