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

The federal government is pulling the penny from circulation, ending a historic run for the coin dating back to the country's ...

Congress has gone back and forth so many times about the fate of the $1 coin ... by switching to dollar coins. It reiterated an earlier recommendation that the United States phase out the dollar ...

Making some extra money never hurts, especially when it comes to thousands of dollars in exchange for a simple one-dollar coin. Coin collectors in the United States are willing to pay over $11,000 ...

In hidden vaults across the country, the US ... 1 coin in the past. In a 2002 report, external, for instance, the investigative arm of Congress described "public resistance to begin using the ...