Trump says he'll order the Treasury Department to halt penny production to save money. Costly nickels, however, could cancel out savings.

This penny was part of the Lincoln Cent series, which began in 1909 to commemorate ... A coin in average condition is only around $4, but a mint-condition 1924-S wheat penny could be valued ...

Today, some Lincoln pennies can make you thousands of dollars on their own, and the reason, ironically, is that they were mistakenly produced with dime reverses. The penny in question is called ...

The inertia is understandable. Pennies are an annoyance for many people, but they do have a long and storied history in America.

The penny featured the same image of Lincoln as it does today but from 1905-1958, the reverse side was marked with two sheaves of wheat. These wheat pennies have become highly collectible and in ...