The Penny Is Being Killed Off, and Americans Are Sitting on Jars of Forgotten Money ...

With the penny being ushered out of circulation early in the 21st century, theologians, historians, archaeologists and numismatists continue to glean insights from coins of the first century, when ...

The U.S. Mint has ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and in recognition of the growing irrelevance of the 1-cent coin. The last pennies were struck Wednesday at the mint in ...

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The 1-cent coin has gone the way of the VHS player. The United States produced its last penny on Nov. 12 after nearly 240 years in circulation as the cost to produce the coin outpaced its value. At ...