The United States Mint launched a completely overhauled Coin Classroom website Dec. 17, providing age-appropriate educational resources for teachers of students in grades kindergarten through six.

President Trump said Sunday he told the U.S. Treasury Department to stop minting pennies. That puts a stop to penny production by the U.S. Mint that ... the composition of coins to cheaper materials.

BOISE, Idaho — The US Mint says 3.2 billion pennies were shipped last year, accounting for 54% of all new change. For coin collectors like Jock Summers, it’s a downright nuisance.

The U.S. Mint’s cost to produce and distribute each copper-plated Lincoln cent during Fiscal Year 2024 exceeded 3.5 cents. For nearly two decades, the cost to the United States Mint to strike ...

Unlike living creatures or fads, coins don’t become extinct due to ecological changes, predators, overexposure or boredom. Instead, the U.S. Mint simply stops making them, which puts them into ...

Designed by Artistic Infusion Program Designer Christina Hess and sculpted by Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill, the 2025 Native American $1 Coin reverse ... her name, “UNITED STATES OF ...

The Highland coin weighs about 1 oz. and has a diameter of 33 millimeters. Each one is roughly the size of a silver dollar. “Tails” leads “heads” 30-28 all time. Highland’s coin has seen “tails” top ...

President plans more cuts. How many in Mississippi? According to the U.S. Mint, Congress is the body that approves every coin it produces. The Coinage Act of April 2, 1792 established the Mint and ...

Back in 1857, Congress discontinued the half-cent and made the penny smaller to reduce the amount of copper needed, according to the U.S. Mint. Canada stopped making one-cent coins in 2012.

According to the U.S. Mint, Congress is the body that approves every coin it produces. The Coinage Act of April 2, 1792 established the Mint and the regulation of coins in the United States.