Momentum for a penny purge is building as Trump takes aim at the coin. But for decades, Congress has balked at efforts to kill off the cent.

Canada did away with its one-cent coin more than a decade ago. It could offer insight into what the U.S. may be on the verge ...

Pennies make up more than half of the coins made at the Philadelphia mint, but coin demand has dropped by nearly 10 billion ...

To be clear, what the Department of Government Efficiency – not a real department, nor a legitimate ‘leader’ – is doing and ...

As President Trump seeks to downsize the cost of the U.S. Government, let me add my two cents to the effort; or to be more ...

A group of 30 tourists stood in the foyer of t Mint on Tuesday afternoon, surrounded by the sparking marble sourced from ...

Ending production of the penny makes sense, a cross-section of area coin collectors and business owners told TribLive after a ...

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he had ordered the Treasury secretary to stop producing pennies, saying minting each coin costs more than 2 cents.

As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump has ordered the end of the penny.

The president could promptly end the production of new pennies, but phasing out the coin would take time and mean changes at ...

They're the mainstays of change jars and car cup holders across the country, but soon the penny could be no more.