FARGO — If we stop to pick them up, they’re supposed to give us good luck, but someday, there may be fewer of them to do so. The federal government has stopped minting the one-cent coin, or penny, ...

After more than 230 years of steady service, the humble one-cent piece has retired — for now. The U.S. Mint pressed its final circulating penny earlier in November. While the penny remains legal ...

It is an unlucky time for the humble penny, the smallest unit of the US dollar, as President Donald Trump's decision to "cancel" the minting of the coin earlier this year finally came into force this ...

That grimy, circular piece of copper and zinc known as the penny is no longer being produced, but the tiny coin is still getting the last laugh. Less than a month after the last one was minted on Nov.

For the last 232 years, a small circular piece of copper and zinc known as the penny has been the smallest denomination of currency in the United States. Originally introduced in 1793, the last one ...

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, ...

With the U.S. Mint striking its final batch of pennies in Philadelphia last week, the 232-year production run of the one-cent coin has effectively ended. Much of the shift is driven by rising ...

The US government’s official phaseout of the penny has prompted a surge of online sales listing rolls of one-cent coins for hundreds or even thousands of dollars — but don’t be fooled, an expert says.

The demand for pennies seems to be growing. Now, the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies businesses are starting to feel the impacts. You may have seen signs at local stores talking about new ways to ...

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 ...

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