The U.S. Treasury Department has ended the production of the penny after 232 years. It cost nearly 3 cents to produce a single 1-cent penny. Americans can continue to spend pennies at retailers, which ...

That grimy, circular piece of copper and zinc known as the penny is no longer being produced, but the tiny coin is still getting the last laugh. Less than a month after the last one was minted on Nov.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it has stopped producing pennies, ending more than 230 years of minting the 1-cent coin. The penny will remain legal tender and will still be accepted at ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing the penny after more than 230 years. It now costs 3.69 cents to produce a single penny, which is significantly more than its face value. Pennies will ...