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.

American currency as we know it today has been in circulation since 1792. Founding Fathers, past presidents, and a selection ...

More can be found in two terrific new biographies. Often considered our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie) is definitely written about the most. More than 16,000 ...

As the U.S. Mint prepares to produce the final pennies put into circulation early next year, the future of the copper-colored ...

The United States Treasury has put in its final order of pennies, and production is expected to end early next year. Here's ...

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

As penny production ends, collectors and hoarders alike wonder what’s next for billions of U.S. cents still in circulation.