Entrepreneur Travis from The Economic Ninja says a simple habit could turn loose change into a small treasure. His claim is blunt: pre-1982 U.S. pennies, made of 95% copper, are trading at roughly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Treasury Department halted production of the penny on Nov. 12, ending more than 230 years of minting the nation’s ...

Iron coins? (Answers below) So are Copper and Silver, and Gold. Only 18 years earlier (1965), the mint switched to a cheapo version of the coins: silver dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars [2].

OLYPHANT — As the U.S. Mint prepares to produce the final pennies put into circulation early next year, the future of the copper-colored coin has sparked conversation among collectors and shop owners.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Given rising metal prices, the pennies and nickels in your pocket are worth more melted down than at their face value -- and that has the government worried. U.S. Mint officials ...

We aren’t here to praise the penny, but rather, to bury it. The penny, and its counterparts, have been vanishing all around the world as the cost of minting one far outweighs its value. But hackers ...