President Trump wants to ditch the penny, a move that some experts say is long overdue. Advocates of the least-valuable coin say it should stick around. WSJ examines the question of whether or not ...

Unlike paper currency, which more than pays for itself, pennies rely on metal, a more expensive and easily exhausted input to production than the linen and cotton that comprise the variety of ...

Donald Trump's decision to halt the minting of new one-cent coins may drive up the value of rare in-circulation specimens, as collectors scramble to find the most elusive and high-grade pennies.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new ...

But he’s not forgetting small change, either. Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop making pennies with a Feb. 10 sentence on his social media account that followed years of ...