When are they getting rid of pennies? Why? How much is 1 million pennies? Here are answers to these questions and more surrounding the once-cent coin.

The U.S. Treasury will soon cease penny production, a change sparked by the disparity between the coin’s production cost and monetary value. While pennies can still be used as currency, the halt has ...

Most pennies today have little value, but those from the early American colonies can sell for thousands of dollars. In 2010, ...

1944 Steel Penny: The 1944 steel penny is one of the rarest, most sought-after American coins in the world. Like the 1943 copper penny, it was struck using the wrong planchet. By 1944, the U.S ...

“Those are just natural resources coming out of the Earth,” McColly said: Copper-plated zinc for pennies, copper-nickel alloys for nickels, dimes and quarters. His point: If Americans got serious ...

The penny will remain legal tender and will still be accepted at retailers nationwide, but its long-term phaseout marks the end of an era for the copper-colored coin.

There's a possibility your coin stash is worth an absolute fortune – but only if you own this unique penny. One avid ...

Today’s pennies are composed of only 2.5% copper, and the rest is zinc, according to the Mint. Has this been tried before? This isn’t the first time a politician has waged war on the penny.

The first penny was 100% copper, per the U.S. Mint.Then, in 1856 the “Flying Eagle” scent started production with 88% copper, the American Plating Company says. In 1864, after the Civil War ...

The most valuable pennies, which are rare but possibly still in circulation, are 1943 copper Lincoln wheat pennies, a few of which were produced accidentally as the U.S. mints were supposed to use ...