Philadelphia — A wheel cranks on the machine at the Independence Visitor Center, slowing with every turn until: CLINK! A reward drops out the bottom waiting to be collected. It’s a familiar, elongated ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing the penny after more than 230 years. It now costs 3.69 cents to produce a single penny, which is significantly more than its face value. Pennies will ...

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Alas, dear penny, you served us well. We picked you up, you gave us luck. We gave you to others in exchange for their thoughts. And remember when we pondered whether dropping you from the Empire State ...

FILE - A sign in a Kwik Trip store shows the store will no longer be using pennies to give change, Oct. 23, 2025, in Yorkville, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) (CN) — The government’s phasing out of ...

What, exactly, is the plan for all the pennies? Many Americans—and many people who, though not American, enjoy watching from a safe distance as predictable fiascoes unfold in this theoretical ...

Another possible repercussion of the penny's passing? Some colorful colloquialisms making use of the word "penny" might not make any cents – I mean sense – in the near future. These days, phrases and ...

It's official: The penny is on its way out. After 232 years, they’re cancelling it, literally. It matters little that they cost three times as much to mint, or that few of us still keep single cents ...

Since 1793, the United States Penny has been an essential part of our currency system, and production has now officially stopped on the coin after 232 years. It is truly the end of an era for the coin ...

For more than two centuries, the American people have trusted the penny as a part of their everyday currency. But when President Donald Trump came into office, he noticed a problem: Demand for the ...