The penny was first minted in 1793, per the auctioneers. America's smallest coins just brought in some big bucks. Pennies from the final minted set of the coin sold for over $16.76 million at auction ...

As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change. That’s because eliminating ...

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 ...

Sorry, penny pinchers, you just shortchanged. The United States ended production of the penny this week, more than two centuries since the one-cent coin first went ...

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 ...

The dies used to press the last pennies on display at the US Mint on November 12, 2025 in Philadelphia. These last pennies bear a special 'Omega' and will not be put in circulation, but will be ...

The term “penniless” will take on a new meaning moving forward. The United States penny has officially been discontinued as of November 2025. The production of the coin was canceled by the U.S. Mint, ...

The penny, the United States' iconic one-cent coin whose copper face and everyman symbolism endeared it to millions of Americans before it fell into change-drawer obscurity, died on Nov. 12, 2025. It ...

The U.S. Mint pressed its last penny on Wednesday, Nov. 12, marking the latest milestone in the U.S. penny's end. The last penny was stamped at the Philadelphia U.S. Mint Wednesday, Nov. 12. U.S.

The U.S. Mint struck the final 1-cent coin that will be used as legal tender on Wednesday, six months after the Trump administration announced that it would stop producing pennies because the cost of ...

It’s the end of an era for America’s smallest coin. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will strike the nation’s final penny in a ceremonial minting on Wednesday, marking the official end of penny ...

A long decline into irrelevance ended on Wednesday in Philadelphia. By Victor Mather The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the ...