To commemorate the occasion, the United States Mint has partnered with Stack’s Bowers Galleries to auction off 232 sets of ...

Each of the 232 three-coin sets will likely fetch about $45,000-$50,000, estimates John Albanese, co-founder of rare coin ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent struck the final five pennies with rare omega marks, ending 230-plus years of U.S. penny ...

The small copper coin that has jingled in our pockets for over two centuries is about to become history. With the final penny ...

The US minted its last penny on Wednesday. See some of the designs that defined the coin during its 232-year-long history.

The final penny was minted on Wednesday at the Philadelphia Mint after over 230 years in circulation as a useful coin flip ...

The U.S. government started making pennies in Philadelphia in 1792 when the city was the nation’s capital. It stopped Wednesday, as U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach stepped up to a machine in the penny ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent brought an end to more than two centuries of U.S. penny production on Wednesday, striking the ...

America’s last penny was struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, the end of a coin production that started in 1793 and ended ...

This tiny disc of zinc with just a smidge of copper has played an outsized role in our national (and international) discourse ...

The answer appears to be nothing at all. There is no plan.

After 232 years, the U.S. penny has been laid to rest. In a Nov. 12 ceremony, the U.S. Mint struck the final, circulating ...