The American penny will begin its slow fade into non-existence as the government plans stop making the U.S. currency next year.

The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks ...

A lone penny is illuminated in a bin of completed pennies at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007.

Fans of the penny cite its usefulness in charity drives and relative bargain in production costs compared with the nickel.

The U.S. Mint is set to stop producing pennies, marking the end of an era. With production costs soaring and the utility of ...

The U.S. Treasury Department announced May 22 its decision to phase out the production of the one-cent coin, with no new ...

After over 200 years, the United States government plans to stop making new pennies, the Treasury Department told the Wall ...

The federal government made its final order of penny blanks this month — the first step to end the production of the 1-cent coin, a spokesperson for the Treasury Department confirmed to USA TODAY.

Treasury Department will take pennies out of circulation next year. Costly nickels, however, could cancel out savings.

The Treasury Department announced this week that it will stop putting pennies into circulation by early 2026, and said that when the coins are eventually in short supply, businesses will need to start ...