You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

Start saving your pennies, folks! Because soon you won’t be getting any more of them. The U.S. Treasury just announced it will be stopping production of the humble one-cent coin. Honestly, it ...

In 1938, artist Felix Schlag won a U.S. Mint competition to redesign the five-cent coin. His entry for the Jefferson Nickel replaced the Buffalo Nickel that same year. From its initial production ...

President Trump isn't the first politician to call for the end of the penny — but getting rid of it may not be easy. The value of the 1-cent coin has been debated for decades.

That's also more than half of the 25 cent coin's buying power today. The quarter's unit cost has increased by 26.2% since the Mint's 2023 report, when its price tag was closer to 12 cents.

Despite childhood nostalgia associated with the coin, Rok, 70, said he agreed with Trump’s assessment that the penny simply costs too much. Many others agreed with him.

That's also more than half of the 25 cent coin's buying power today. The quarter's unit cost has increased by 26.2% since the Mint's 2023 report, when its price tag was closer to 12 cents.