Trump orders US to ditch the penny. What’s its connection to NASCAR’s most impactful Daytona 500?
Cease production of the penny, let collectors gobble up what’s left of the 1 cent coin, and there will still be one eternally ...
Trump Penny-Killing Plan Stirs Hope of Profit, 20 Tons at a Time
His company, Portland Mint, sells old pennies in bulk — 40,000 pounds (18,100 kilograms) at a time — to investors angling to ...
Penny for their thoughts? Coin collectors, dealers, imagine a cent-less world.
New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...
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When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...
The Economic Argument for Ditching the Penny—and Why Some Want to Keep It
President Trump wants to ditch the penny, a move that some experts say is long overdue. Advocates of the least-valuable coin say it should stick around. WSJ examines the question of whether or not it ...
Here’s a look at the history of the penny and why it could be going away
When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...
What Trump’s Plan to Stop Minting Pennies Means for Consumers
President Trump said Sunday that he had asked the U.S. Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, part of an effort to ...