U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who helped introduce the bill, has supported the penny production stoppage, calling the ...

While the printed listed value on these silver coins is $1, the actual value of silver dollars far exceed that amount. Beyond ...

Presidents Day is Monday, February 17, and since many presidents are on our coins and President Donald Trump is proposing to get rid of pennies, here’s a look a coin history. The cost of producing ...

Picture this. You're digging through an old jar of forgotten coins, and your hand closes around a dollar piece that feels heavier than usual.You glance at the date, the design, maybe notice something ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing the penny after more than 230 years. It now costs 3.69 cents to produce a single penny, which is significantly more than its face value. Pennies will ...

The federal government has officially made the first step to end the production of pennies. The end of penny production marks a change in a 233 year tradition, as the penny was one of the first coins ...

Denver will soon be part of celebrating the history of the United States by producing some of the semiquincentennial coins to be released into circulation next year. New designs on the obverse and ...

The United States Mint issued two silver half dollars commemorating the 1936 centennial of Arkansas' statehood. These coins are currency of the United States, authorized by acts of Congress on May 14, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United States Mint (Mint) unveiled the designs for the Semiquincentennial Circulating Coin Program at the National Constitution Center in ...

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