Joe Miller, 79, of Scranton, holds a steel cent inside Alan’s Coins & Gold in Olyphant Thursday morning. Steel was used to produce pennies in 1943 due to a copper shortage associated with World ...

I have two cents worth of objections, some admittedly evoked by nostalgia, some inspired by my five-decade-long study of Lincoln, and some based on my service as co-chairman of the U.S. Lincoln ...

With the U.S. Mint losing millions annually on penny production and cash transactions declining, the decision to eliminate the one-cent coin raises questions about economic impact, job losses, and ...

Advocates for ditching the penny cite its high production cost — currently almost 4 cents per penny, according to the U.S. Mint — and limited utility.