You might not think much about the spare change jingling in your pocket, but there's a particular penny that could be worth ...

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. government started making pennies in Philadelphia in 1792 when the city was the nation’s capital. It stopped Wednesday, as U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach stepped up to a machine ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become ...

Each penny costs 3.69 cents to make, Treasury says US Mint to announce auction of final pennies Gold pennies also produced, source says Pennies remain legal tender and will stay in circulation Halting ...

The penny, the United States’ iconic one-cent coin whose copper face and everyman symbolism endeared it to millions of Americans before it fell into change-drawer obscurity, died on Nov. 12, 2025. It ...