There is currently no official plan to recall pennies, and financial institutions are expected to continue accepting them. While pennies will remain legal tender, they will gradually disappear from ...

Thus, a trip to a coin-exchange kiosk (or a bank, or credit union) can yield a pleasant surprise. “People underestimate the value of their ... a future for the penny, the nickel, and their ...

More: Stop making cents: U.S. Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny OK ... for something with such a small face value, the copper-colored coin has punched above its denomination in ...

Although you can sell them to a coin shop, you can’t melt them down. Since pennies are still legal tender, it’s a felony to melt them for profit. “If they do away with the penny, or the cent ...