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 ...

When is the penny going away, and why? The Treasury Department’s pledge to stop minting new pennies by early 2026 comes after President Donald Trump directed Secretary Scott Bessent in a February ...

U.S. penny production is ending when the Mint's supply of blank pennies runs out, which will likely be in 2026. While most pennies are worth only one cent, certain rare pennies, particularly those ...

The final penny was minted on Wednesday at the Philadelphia Mint after over 230 years in circulation as a useful coin flip device, a vehicle to cast wishes into lucky ponds and the smallest form of ...

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 ...