It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

Ending production of the penny makes sense, a cross-section of area coin collectors and business owners told TribLive after a ...

The penny’s fate remains uncertain. No executive order has been published regarding the president’s penny directive, and the ...

As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump has ordered the end of the penny.

Today, some Lincoln ... coin. It is so rare that it has twice sold at auction for more than $100,000. The penny was struck at the Denver Mint in 2001 and features the usual portrait of Abraham ...

As the first coin in wide circulation to feature a U.S. president, the wheat penny has become an icon of American coinage. With its etching of Abraham Lincoln ... so the U.S. Mint decided to ...

The U.S. Mint said in fiscal 2024, it took about 3.69 cents to produce and distribute one penny, a 20.2% increase from 2023.