Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PHILADELPHIA — People visiting Benjamin Franklin's grave, just across from the United States Mint, often drop pennies on the ...

The 250th anniversary dime replaces the Roosevelt design and removes the olive branch from the eagle, long a symbol of peace.

The United States has entered a new era of pocket change, retiring the familiar copper-colored penny and unveiling a fresh coin that signals how Washington wants Americans to think about money, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of Nov. 12, 2025, the U.S. Mint has stopped penny production, making all thoughts cost a nickel each. A lack of pennies has ...

EMAIL TO NOT PERFORM ANY WORK RELATED TASKS. THE BUREAU HAS NOT COMMENTED ON THE CHANGES.### PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS DIRECTED THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO STOP MINTING NEW PENNIES. THE PRESIDENT ...

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. government started making pennies in Philadelphia in 1792 when the city was the nation’s capital. It stopped Wednesday, as U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach stepped up to a machine ...

Change is coming to how we make change, thanks to the impending demise of the penny. That’s not an alternative fact: The U.S. Mint said in its annual report that each penny costs 3.69 cents to make.