The Treasury Department has pledged to stop producing the penny by early next year. Here's why — and what becomes of your one ...

“You can go to your own bank or credit union and not pay any fee,” said Kimberly Palmer, personal finance expert at ...

The government loses nearly three cents on every penny it mints. On a nickel, it loses nearly nine cents. More nickels would mean steeper losses. America could kill both the penny and the nickel, the ...

But many Americans regard both nickels and pennies as more nuisance than currency. The typical household is sitting on $60 to ...

So what will the demise of the penny actually mean for the average U.S. citizen? Taking the penny out isn’t actually supposed ...

Over time, merchants might refuse accepting them. But before you get rid of that pennies jar, make sure don't posses a rare, ...

“Depending on their condition, those 1943 Lincoln wheat pennies would be worth at most between $100,000 and $250,000,” Feigenbaum told USA TODAY. Here’s how to tell if your penny is rare and ...

Change is coming, but it won't be in the form of a penny anymore. After 233 years of production, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that the production of the penny will come to an end, and ...