Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576). To make a quarter, it costs about 15 cents ($0.1468), and nearly 34 cents for a half-dollar ($0.3397).

The U.S. Treasury is phasing out the penny due to rising production costs, signaling the end of an era and prompting economic ...

Although it's often referred to as the "Hobby of Kings," coin collecting doesn't discriminate between the rich and the poor ...

The US Mint has placed its final order of penny blanks and will stop producing the coin when those run out by early next year.