The combination of "copper" and "penny" might not seem like the best formula for valuable coins considering that you can find ...

Zinc and copper used to make a penny are worth almost four times the value of the coin. Bottom line: The penny is not ...

I can’t call heads or tails on whether we should stop minting the penny. There are two sides to every coin, right?

The last decade of the 20th century produced coins that modern numismatic enthusiasts spend three-, four- and even ...

When you think of coins that are worth more than a pretty penny, you likely think of ones that bear the faces of ancient ...

A coin worth 5 cents helped a man win thousands of dollars playing the Arkansas Lottery. The “lucky nickel” is part of the ...

His announcement stressed the fact that taxpayers lose more than two cents every time another penny is minted.