"The United States Mint will continue to manufacture pennies while an inventory of penny blanks exists," the spokesperson ...

The penny, which costs more to make than it's worth, will be going away. That's a shocking reversal of government policy.

What is the Birth and Early Childhood in Kentucky Lincoln Penny? In 2009, Congress authorized pennies designed to commemorate four locations in Lincoln's geographical history. The four coins also ...

A rare 2001-D Lincoln cent, a "mule error" coin with a dime reverse, has fetched over $100,000 at auction. This unique coin, created by a minting mistake in Denver, features Abraham Lincoln on the ...

The rare 1909 Lincoln cent attracted 37 bidders, suggesting a heated fight for the prized coin. But what makes this penny so remarkable that it would go for such an incredible sum? What ...

A “wheat penny,” sometimes also called a “Lincoln wheat cent” or a “Lincoln penny,” is a penny that has Abraham Lincoln’s portrait on one side and two ears of wheat on the other.

As a historian, I came to understand the broader, symbolic importance of the Lincoln penny. The most titanic of our presidents had been intentionally commemorated on the very smallest denomination ...