The first issues of circulating coins as part of the nation's celebration of its 250th anniversary will be newly designed dimes, quarter dollars and half dollars.

Congressman Aderholt's bipartisan bill aims to celebrate the U.S. Semiquincentennial with a $2.50 coin, fostering national unity and honoring history's landmarks.

The final penny was struck by the federal government in mid-November, and shortages already had broken out nationwide before the last one left the U.S. Mint. It’s another chapter in the story of the ...

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Online sellers have already started listing boxes of brand-new 2025 pennies for $1,000 or more.

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years but became nearly worthless. When it ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The impending “death” of the ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Back in 1793, a penny could get you a biscuit, a candle or a piece of candy. These days, many sit in drawers or glass jars and are basically cast aside or collected as lucky ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years as symbols of frugality and the price ...

FILE - A lone penny is illuminated in a bin of completed pennies at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) (David Zalubowski, AP2007) Coin production ...