The penny was first minted in 1793, per the auctioneers. America's smallest coins just brought in some big bucks. Pennies from the final minted set of the coin sold for over $16.76 million at auction ...
As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change. That’s because eliminating ...
Philadelphia — A wheel cranks on the machine at the Independence Visitor Center, slowing with every turn until: CLINK! A reward drops out the bottom waiting to be collected. It’s a familiar, elongated ...
Kyrie Irving will be 34 years old in March. He tore his ACL eight months ago. If the post-Nico Harrison Dallas Mavericks are open to trading Anthony Davis, who is one year younger than Irving, then ...
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 ...
FILE - A sign in a Kwik Trip store shows the store will no longer be using pennies to give change, Oct. 23, 2025, in Yorkville, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) (CN) — The government’s phasing out of ...
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The U.S. Mint pressed it’s final penny on Wednesday, bringing an end to a production of more than 230 years. Southern Guns and Pawn Shop owner Shawn Hendrix says it’s a story ...
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 ...
KNOWLTON, Quebec — Louise Penny was eager to show me an important book — the one she said is at the core of her wildly successful Armand Gamache mystery series — but she couldn’t find it. The floor-to ...
Sorry, penny pinchers, you just shortchanged. The United States ended production of the penny this week, more than two centuries since the one-cent coin first went ...
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 ...