Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump said in February that he wants the U.S. to stop making penny coins. He posted on Truth Social that he had ...

We tend to take it for granted that a coin is worth its face value and, in many respects it is. But have you ever thought ...

Coin collecting, or numismatics (a term that also includes the study of coins), has been a practice for at least 2,000 years, with Augustus — also known as Octavian — famously gifting a variety of ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When it comes to making coins, the Mint isn’t getting its two cents worth. In some cases, it doesn’t even get half of that. A penny costs more than two cents and a nickel costs ...

No more pennies from heaven? Whether you're pinching pennies or penny smart and pound foolish, the U.S. is considering a penny drop. President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to stop making the coins. On ...

The impending “death” of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin's own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each, or quadruple its value. Months after President Donald Trump called on his ...

It's the end of an era. After 233 years, the U.S. Mint will stop making cents. A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY that the government placed its last order of blank coins to ...

Coin collecting, or numismatics (a term which also encompasses the study of coins), has been a practice for at least 2,000 years, with Augustus — also known as Octavian — famously gifting a variety of ...