It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

The highest price ever seen for a bronze Lincoln 1943-S penny was sold to collector Bob R. Simpson, co-chairman of the Texas ...

There used to be a saying — “pennies make dimes and dimes make dollars” — that stressed the importance of saving your money (the phrase later showed up in a country song). Today, some ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of America’s smallest coin.

The Lincoln Wheat Penny has been valued at an astonishing price, with some of the rarest versions of the coin rumored to be ...

The U.S. Mint said in fiscal 2024, it took about 3.69 cents to produce and distribute one penny, a 20.2% increase from 2023.

The coin's obverse (front) side displays a portrait of President Lincoln, while the reverse (back) showcases two stalks of wheat, symbolizing the nation's agricultural roots. This wheat design ...

The Liberty image stayed on the coin until 1857 when ... The penny’s design showed an image of Lincoln – the same one used today – but, from 1905-1958, the reverse side showed two sheaves ...

Congress, the Supreme Court, the central bank, the President's House — all national institutions that graced Philadelphia when it was the nation's capital in the 1790s — left long ago for Washington, ...

An example is the 1943 copper Lincoln penny ... occur when the metal on a coin gets struck multiple times by the die or design stamp on either the front (obverse), reverse, or both sides.

In 1909, Abraham Lincoln replaced Liberty on the penny. In 2009, the U.S. Mint issued four different pennies — with different symbols on the reverse side — throughout the year as part of the ...