The United States has entered a new era of pocket change, retiring the familiar copper-colored penny and unveiling a fresh coin that signals how Washington wants Americans to think about money, ...

Unfortunately, making the one-cent coin really did cost a pretty penny. After 232 years in circulation — nearly as long as the United States of America has been a country — the final penny was minted ...

The U.S. Mint has halted production of the circulating penny after the Treasury Department concluded new one-cent coins are no longer needed, even as existing pennies remain legal tender and will stay ...

The dies used to press the last pennies on display at the US Mint on November 12, 2025 in Philadelphia. These last pennies bear a special 'Omega' and will not be put in circulation, but will be ...

United States currency will never be the same. The very last penny was minted on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. That's the same city where the first penny was minted in 1793, ...

America began saying its long goodbye to the penny in February. That's when President Donald Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting the 1 cent coins. Unlike most Trump directives, this ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - After 238 years, Thursday is the first day the penny will no longer be in production. The U.S. Mint struck its final penny on Wednesday. Right now, billions of pennies are still ...

The curtain fell quietly on a 232-year tradition as the U.S. Mint struck the last penny this month in Philadelphia. This ended one of the longest runs in American history. For years, the penny had ...

The average New Yorker likely won't bother to pick one up if found lying in the street and many are proud to tell a cashier to "keep the change" on a $2.99 tab. In fact, the often difficult to discard ...

The U.S. has officially stopped producing pennies because they cost more to manufacture than their one-cent value. While production has ceased, pennies remain legal tender and are still accepted as ...