Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As the United States phases out the penny, cash-paying customers may soon discover empty change jars and checkout totals with a rounded number instead of an ...

The penny never made much sense at the checkout line, but it sure made dollars at auction. Coin collectors paid more than $16 million for a piece of American history after the U.S. government ended ...

People gathered in the nation’s capital on Saturday to pay their respects to the penny. A mock funeral, hosted by financial management platform Ramp, was held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, ...

Hundreds of mock mourners headed to the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to attend a “funeral” for the penny. Along with musicians playing taps, there were a couple of Abraham Lincoln look-alikes, actors ...

The penny received a “funeral” on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended ...

The mourners had taken their seats. Many were dressed in black. Others wore veils and large hoop skirts, reminiscent of Victorian-era fashion. When the clock struck 1:01 p.m. (a time, organizers said, ...

Robert Hoff was amazed the first time he saw a coin press machine in action in the 1970s. Hoff was in his twenties when a person passed him while carrying the machine and watched as they pressed ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A penny for your thoughts? Well, not anymore. The cost of thoughts has risen. On November 12, the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia ensured that when it struck the last penny it’ll ever mint ...

Former NBA star Penny Hardaway now devotes most of his time to the film room, practice and the sideline while guiding the Memphis men’s basketball team. Hardaway, in his eighth year coaching the ...

They’re worth a pretty penny. The last-ever minted US pennies were auctioned off for a whopping $16.76 million last Thursday. The millions were doled out for 232 three-coin sets, marking the highest ...

The penny has officially left the building. After more than two centuries in circulation, the U.S. Mint has struck its final one-cent coin, marking a historic shift in how Americans—and ...

The penny was first minted in 1793, per the auctioneers. America's smallest coins just brought in some big bucks. Pennies from the final minted set of the coin sold for over $16.76 million at auction ...