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 first one-cent coin was issued by a private mint in 1787. Benjamin Franklin designed it. One side, read “Mind Your ...

The U.S. government is no longer going to mint pennies, and soon cash retail transactions will be rounded to the nearest ...

President Donald Trump has also pushed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so ...

Once the penny is officially discontinued, certain rare specimens could see a spike in market value. Currently, some examples ...

The federal government is pulling the penny from circulation, ending a historic run for the coin dating back to the country's ...

Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck -- potentially in the form of thousands of dollars. Pennies ...