The impending “death” of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin’s own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, ...

The federal government made its final order of penny blanks this month — the first step to end the production of the 1-cent coin, a spokesperson for the Treasury Department confirmed to USA TODAY.

The U.S. Treasury Department confirmed Thursday it will phase out production of the penny, fulfilling Trump’s directive to ...

Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576). To make a quarter, it costs about 15 cents ($0.1468), and nearly 34 cents for a half-dollar ($0.3397).

Fans of the penny cite its usefulness in charity drives and relative bargain in production costs compared with the nickel.

Treasury Department will take pennies out of circulation next year. Costly nickels, however, could cancel out savings.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced May 22 its decision to phase out the production of the one-cent coin, with no new ...

Included in the Royal Mint’s list of the rarest £2 coins in the UK are number of commemorative Commonwealth Games coins from 2002 ...

President Donald Trump wants to make the penny extinct and we're now one step closer on making that happen. The U.S. Mint said Thursday it's made its final order of the materials used to make pennies.