The U.S. Mint pressed its last pennies as rising metal and production costs threaten nickels, prompting shortages and debate ...

For consumers, meanwhile, economists expect that the effect of the penny’s discontinuation will be negligible, likely amounting to just minor differences in the amount they pay in certain cash ...

Here’s what to know about why and when penny production stopped, how many are in circulation and which rare pennies could be ...

The last penny was minted Wednesday afternoon at the US Mint in Philadelphia, overseen by US Treasurer Brandon Beach .

In this week’s news quiz: The Mint in Philadelphia makes its final penny, federal judges rule in favor of striking ...

As the U.S. treasurer, the former Georgia state senator oversees the U.S. Mint. The agency commemorated the final penny production on Wednesday.

America’s last penny was struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, the end of a coin production that started in 1793 and ended ...

A federal court jury has awarded more than $28 million to the family of a woman who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max ...

The government killed the penny. On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Mint produced the final five circulating pennies.

The final penny was minted on Wednesday at the Philadelphia Mint after over 230 years in circulation as a useful coin flip ...

President Donald Trump may have just achieved his most bipartisan move yet Wednesday: finally putting an end to the minting ...