"The penny is the first monetary item that most American children touch and they quickly identify with who Abraham Lincoln ...

The wheat penny was first minted in 1909, and it was the first coin in wide circulation to feature a U.S. president. Sculptor ...

A coin collector is urging Americans to check their change drawers to see if they’re in possession of a 1992 Lincoln penny worth a whopping $26,000.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Abraham Lincoln got a present Thursday for his 200th birthday - or, technically, 319 million presents. The U.S. Mint released a redesigned penny to mark the bicentennial of Linc… ...

The Abraham Lincoln edition includes two distinct coins: a 1.5-ounce silver coin and a 0.25-ounce gold coin. The state of Niue , a self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand ...

The combination of "copper" and "penny" might not seem like the best formula for valuable coins considering that you can find higher denominations in gold and silver. But finding the right copper ...

These pennies are rare and therefore can be worth more than one cent -- in some cases, much more so. Here's what to know if you have one.

We pitch it, pinch it, squeeze and squander it. We stuff it in our loafers and offer it for our thoughts. A bad one always turns up and a pretty one is a splurge we heedlessly indulge. It’s the penny ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Temperatures were in the teens Thursday morning but that didn't stop a host of out-of-state residents from trekking to the state's capitol to be among the first batch ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Abraham Lincoln got a present Thursday for his 200th birthday -- or, technically, ... Officials say they've produced 1.3 billion of the first two Lincoln coins.