New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...

People of a certain generation will remember the year-long bicentennial celebration of 1976, when the United States ...

The move by Trump is the latest in what has been a rapid-fire effort by his new administration to enact sweeping change.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been ordered to cease production of the one-cent coin known as the penny, President ...

The U.S. Mint said in fiscal 2024, it took about 3.69 cents to produce and distribute one penny, a 20.2% increase from 2023.

President Donald Trump late Sunday said he has directed the secretary of the Treasury to stop producing new pennies.

President Trump on Sunday announced that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the one cent coin wasteful. He said in a Truth Social post that he told Treasury ...

Certain quarters minted in 1976 — the year of the bicentennial — are particularly sought by collectors. Here's how to tell if you have a valuable one.

It's not just one quarter, there could be thousands of these coins worth a lot more than .25 cents in circulation.

Congress created the United States Mint in 1792, and the Mint became part of the Department of the Treasury in 1873. As the Nation’s sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage, the Mint is ...