With a combination of humor, history and nostalgia, Ben Peters and his co-workers bid farewell Thursday to a common pocket ...

The demise of the penny sparked big feelings on Thursday as Superior Choice Credit Union hosted a funeral for the once-cent coin.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last US penny was minted on November 12 and will be auctioned off.Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images The US minted its last penny on ...

The United States pressed its final circulating penny on Wednesday, in a move made to save money as the one-cent coin denomination became less relevant over time. The last coin was struck in ...

The U.S. did away with its one-cent coin, which means the focus may be shifting to the next-lowest coin.

The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and in recognition of the growing irrelevance of the 1-cent coin.The last pennies were struck at the mint in ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become ...

If you’ve been paying in cash recently, you might have noticed the loose change in your pocket is starting to feel a little bit different. The pennies aren’t there. In November, the U.S. Treasury ...

Although penny production has concluded, the 1-cent coin will "retain its value indefinitely" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Some 1970s coins are worth hundreds—or even thousands—today. Find out which ones (that you may even have) are worth more than ...