The penny's story began in 1792 with the Coinage Act that created the U.S. Mint and established America's decimal currency ...

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Updated PFS for the Johnny Lee Deposit and new Mineral Resource estimate for the nearby Lowry Deposit underline the high-grade underground copper potential, with a Probable Mineral Reserve for the ...

Retailers have been asking customers for exact change or to check out digitally as a decision to stop minting the 1-cent coin has reduced circulation.

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Mint produced its last penny, following a four-year rise in the cost to produce the coin. While the penny is still in circulation, the production ending has led some local ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued two Williamson County school districts on Thursday for allegations they failed to display donated copies of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. A state law ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking two Central Texas school districts to court, accusing them of violating state law by refusing to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

The American penny is history. The nickel might be next. The last pennies were pressed at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday, a victim of production costs higher than their worth coupled with ...

For more than two centuries, the penny has jingled in pockets and rolled across counters. That era ended on Nov. 12, when the U.S. minted its final penny, marking the end of 232 years of small-change ...

The penny appears to have run out of luck. McDonald's told CBS News that in some locations, customers paying with cash may no longer receive exact change because pennies are increasingly unavailable.

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 – ...

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