Although most people have never had one in their pocket change, the half-cent used to be a common coin in the US. It was actually one of the first coins ever minted and continued being released ...

It wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. has done away with a coin. In 1857, Congress discontinued the half-cent coin. The U.S. could also turn its eyes to the north for advice. How much does it ...

With an estimated 240 billion pennies in circulation, it’ll be a long time before we stop seeing them in the wild.

Columnist Joyce Bupp has been collecting pennies for years. With the federal government considering halting their production, ...

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally ... first time the U.S. eliminated its least valuable coin. The half-cent coin was discontinued by Congress in 1857.

The half dollar is one of ... the value of any coin is subject to its rarity, condition and demand. However, some of the most valuable 50-cent pieces sell to coin collectors for thousands or ...

Could the penny jar in your home prove to be a gold mine now that President Donald Trump has ordered the Treasury Department ...

Andy Papertsian knows that pennies cost 3.7 cents to ... get behind the coin’s purported death sentence. Last week, President Trump said that he had ordered the head of the US Department of ...

Almost 50% of Hongkongers have expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the opposition-free legislature, according ...

Since the lowly penny in 2024 cost about 3.7 cents to make ... the type of coins the mint produces. Now the phrase “to coin money” is vague. To fix that, the United States’ second ...

Kennedy half-dollar rose from 2015 to 2023 in absolute terms as other coins fell — until last year, when production of the relatively popular 50-cent coin fell, too. While the agency’s ...