Pennies are vanishing from cash drawers and coin jars far faster than most people expected, as the supply of new one-cent pieces has abruptly gone to zero. With minting halted and businesses already ...

The penny is having its 15 minutes of fame, even as time runs out for the ubiquitous coin. President Donald Trump in February directed the U.S. Treasury to stop producing new pennies, which cost more ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump’s decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year is starting to have real implications for the nation’s ...

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What, exactly, is the plan for all the pennies? Many Americans—and many people who, though not American, enjoy watching from a safe distance as predictable fiascoes unfold in this theoretical ...

The last minted pennies are about to be auctioned off and signs are the coins will bring – excuse the expression – a pretty penny. The U.S. Mint last month announced the auction, to be held Thursday, ...

Another possible repercussion of the penny's passing? Some colorful colloquialisms making use of the word "penny" might not make any cents – I mean sense – in the near future. These days, phrases and ...