That jar of pennies on your dresser, the one you've been meaning to deal with for years, just became a small piece of American history. After more than two centuries of continuous production, the U.S.

NEW YORK — The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump‘s decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year is starting to have real implications for the nation’s commerce.

We're living through a quiet piece of American history right now. The U.S. penny, after more than two centuries of loyal ...

What, exactly, is the plan for all the pennies? Many Americans—and many people who, though not American, enjoy watching from a safe distance as predictable fiascoes unfold in this theoretical ...

MOLINE, Ill. — The United States Mint ended the production of pennies in November 2025. As those coins enter circulation, they may be harder to find than in the past. "2025 was the last year that they ...

Denver, Colorado, Production of coins at the United States Mint. A bin holds blank shapes that will be turned into pennies. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) In November ...

The last minted pennies are about to be auctioned off and signs are the coins will bring – excuse the expression – a pretty penny. The U.S. Mint last month announced the auction, to be held Thursday, ...

Many banks said in late December that they're going to continue to accept pennies in 2026. The American Bankers Association is asking the Federal Reserve to reverse its decision to stop accepting ...

That’s the message from Kevin McColly, CEO of Coinstar, the company behind those coin-cashing machines you see in supermarkets. American consumers made only 16% of their payments in cash in 2023, ...

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...