But many Americans regard both nickels and pennies as more nuisance than currency. The typical household is sitting on $60 to ...

Pennies will still be legal tender, but cash prices will soon be rounded up or down to the nearest nickel (which cost even ...

The penny, which costs more to make than it's worth, will be going away. That's a shocking reversal of government policy. Usually, the government doesn't stop producing anything that's overpriced or ...

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

Pennies are everywhere. While most aren’t worth much more than, well, a penny, there are others worth exponentially more.

It’s official: from now on, finding a penny is going to get much more difficult. After 233 years of rattling around in our ...

Online chatter has lots of folks looking at their caches of coins in search of Lincoln wheat pennies they unrealistically hope are priceless.

As the U.S. Mint prepares to produce the final pennies put into circulation early next year, the future of the copper-colored coin has sparked conversation among collectors and shop owners. Months ...

Are your old pennies worth millions? Experts say you shouldn't bank on it. But some are worth hundreds of dollars. Here's how to check yours.

As a way of honoring more presidents, the U.S. Mint began issuing Presidential Dollar coins in the 2000s. Most are worth about face value, but a couple are valued in six figures due to errors.