The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement. Actors ...

The United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary, or Semiquincentennial, in 2026 with a new set of circulating coins, created and released by the U.S. Mint, that celebrate the nation’s founding.

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The U.S. Mint pressed its last penny on Wednesday, Nov. 12, marking the latest milestone in the U.S. penny's end. The last penny was stamped at the Philadelphia U.S. Mint Wednesday, Nov. 12. U.S.

Change is coming to how we make change, thanks to the impending demise of the penny. President Donald Trump ordered the Treasury Department, back in February, to stop minting pennies. His argument – ...

PHILADELPHIA — People visiting Benjamin Franklin's grave, just across from the United States Mint, often drop pennies on the marble marking the final resting place of the Founding Father who wrote, "A ...

The last penny ever to be made was finally struck at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday — after President Trump cancelled production of the costly copper coin after 232 years. “God bless America ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become ...

A long decline into irrelevance ended on Wednesday in Philadelphia. By Victor Mather The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the ...

The American penny passed away today after a prolonged illness. It was 238 years old. The last penny was minted Wednesday afternoon at the US Mint in Philadelphia, overseen by US Treasurer Brandon ...

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