The last minted pennies are about to be auctioned off and signs are the coins will bring – excuse the expression – a pretty penny. The U.S. Mint last month announced the auction, to be held Thursday, ...

The Beatles immortalised Liverpool's Penny Lane with their 1967 hit of the same name. The track captured day-to-day life on ...

Robert Hoff was amazed the first time he saw a coin press machine in action in the 1970s. Hoff was in his twenties when a person passed him while carrying the machine and watched as they pressed ...

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...

When Trump announced the discontinuation of the penny, responses ranged from indifference to borderline celebration.

Gen Z would rather cut Social Security benefits for current retirees than pay higher taxes to save the program Archaeologists ...

As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing pennies. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach struck the final circulating penny on Nov. 12 at the Philadelphia U.S. Mint facility after President Donald ...

When it was introduced in 1793, a penny could buy a biscuit, a candle or a piece of candy. Now most of them are cast aside to sit in jars or junk drawers, and each one costs nearly 4 cents to make.

As a growing penny shortage creates challenges for retailers, grocery stores seek to make sense of it all. The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia pressed its final penny for circulation Nov. 12, ending the ...