The U.S. Mint, which is part of the Treasury Department, would create a platinum coin with a face value of $1 trillion. The Treasury would take this coin to the Federal Reserve, and the Fed would ...

With spot prices rising and premiums shrinking, some coins are selling at or near melt — making this a prime time to buy.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- The U.S. Mint has given its highest award, platinum certification, to PMX Industries. ... About 1 billion new dollar coins will be in circulation by summer's end.

Some of the rarest and most valuable coins in U.S. history owe their worth to minting errors that slipped through unnoticed. Coins like the 1943 Copper Penny, struck in copper instead of wartime ...

Coins featuring previous years' honorees are for sale on the U.S. Mint's website, while the new coins will begin circulating in 2025. More from CBS News. FBI announces move to new D.C. headquarters.

Pennies are the most popular coin made by the U.S. Mint, which reported making 3.2 billion of them last year. That’s more than half of all the new coins it made last year.

The partnership, which is being billed as the first of its kind for the U.S. Mint, will have characters depicted on 24-karat gold coins, .999 fine silver medals, and non-precious metal (clad) medals.

Jitalia17/istockphotoSome of the rarest and most valuable coins in U.S. history owe their worth to minting errors that slipped through unnoticed. Coins like the 1943 Copper Penny, struck in copper ...

In fiscal year 2024, it took 3.7 cents to produce and distribute one penny, according to the 2024 U.S. Mint report. The 2024 cost was up by 20% from the previous year, according to the report.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run ...