The U.S. Treasury Department halted production of the penny on Nov. 12, ending more than 230 years of minting the nation’s smallest denomination and signalling the copper-colored coin’s gradual exit ...
(CNN) - A few historic pieces of copper turned out to be worth much more than their weight in gold. The last pennies to ever be minted in the U.S. just sold for more than $16 million, according to ...
In February, President Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies because the government was losing money ...