The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it has stopped producing pennies, ending more than 230 years of minting the 1-cent coin.

The metal’s highest prices in a generation have Americans sifting through coin jars, jewelry boxes and kitchen drawers.

ATLANTA — After more than two centuries, the U.S. Mint has officially stopped producing the penny, ending the run of America’s smallest and most iconic coin. But despite the historic shift, experts ...

As the US mints its last penny, I can't help feeling nostalgic for the tiny coin that shaped my childhood and still brings me ...

GHENT, N.Y. — This winter I made a concerted, and frankly impressive, effort to purge our basement of ancient files. I found it a challenge any longer to make the argument that the voluminous notes I ...

If you have gold or silver coins you want to sell, they can be worth quick cash. If your coins are rare or potentially valuable, we cover where you can sell valuable coins. If your coin isn’t ...

With all the recent news about the U.S. Mint discontinuing the Lincoln cent, coins have become a frequent topic of conversation around here. If it seems a straightforward enough decision — the mint ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Kenny Duncan Jr remembers when a woman walked into his business with a Ziploc bag filled with old coins. Inside was a special Morgan silver dollar that was worth thousands of dollars ...

In a digital world filled with credit cards, electronic payments and direct deposits, you can go for days without handling actual money. But for collectors and hobbyists all over the world, there’s no ...

Every day on the way to class, I hear the clink of silver jingling in my pocket. Yes, I know not many coins are minted in silver anymore, but this is not the case throughout the history of our world.