So-called "wheat pennies" get their name from the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text. They were produced from 1909 to 1958. After that, the wheat stalks were shorn ...

The Treasury Department has pledged to stop producing the penny by early next year. Here's why — and what becomes of your one-cent coins.

Coins can become valuable for several reasons, ranging from their historical value to their metal content. In nearly all cases, however, the most valuable coins are the rarest. Some rare coins have ...

An Anglo-Saxon penny fetched £230,000 at auction - breaking the world record for a British coin. Specialists at Spink auction house in London had expected it to fetch between £120,000 and £150,000.

The U.S. Treasury Department expects penny production to fully end when its stock of materials runs out in 2026.

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After more than 200 years, the U.S. bids adieu to the penny, citing high production costs and shifting economic practices.