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 ...
The American penny is history. The nickel might be next. The last pennies were pressed at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday, a victim of production costs higher than their worth coupled with ...
President Trump’s plan to eliminate the penny could save the government money, but there’s no guarantee. By Ben Blatt President Trump recently ordered the U.S. Mint to stop producing pennies, for a ...
A long decline into irrelevance ended on Wednesday in Philadelphia. By Victor Mather The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the ...