And not that it matters anyway, since pennies are getting harder to come by. Collectors are starting to hoard them, and banks ...

Last year, the United States Mint pressed the last penny. Penny preservationists warned that the death of the one-cent coin might seed dire consequences: coin shortages at checkout counters; confusion ...

Just off Poor Farm Road, outside Murray, sits a building covered in vintage signs. Most advertise sodas like RC Cola, Coke and Sun-Drop, but the biggest of them announces the small shop as the Penny ...

That old penny at the bottom of your change purse or coin jar may be worth a whole lot more than one cent, particularly if you happen to have one from the 1930s. While most old coins aren't worth much ...

The penny never made much sense at the checkout line, but it sure made dollars at auction. Coin collectors paid more than $16 million for a piece of American history after the U.S. government ended ...

The penny received a “funeral” on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended ...

As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change. That’s because eliminating ...