Victor Brenner, Brenner mentioned that he was working on a Lincoln plaque and medal. That conversation eventually led to the first Lincoln penny being issued in 1909.

The United States Treasury has put in its final order of pennies, and production is expected to end early next year. Here's ...

It’s time to rummage through your old change jar – you just might have millions of dollars stashed away in your cabinets. The penny was one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint after its ...

The federal government is winding down production of the penny coin following a bipartisan effort to nix the lowest-denomination of U.S. currency over cost concerns, according to a plan outlined by ...

Issued to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent, the U.S. Mint ... The second design was first circulated on May 14, 2009.

The American 1-cent coin iscommonly known as a penny, and was first issued in 1793 ... Depending on their condition, those 1943 Lincoln wheat pennies would be worth at most between $100,000 ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.--The new issue of Lincoln pennies will continue in circulation despite the criticism that the initials of the designer appear rather conspicuously on the coins. That was the ...