Pennies made before 1982 are worth about 3 cents a piece. Although you can sell them to a coin shop, you can’t melt them down. Since pennies are still legal tender, it’s a felony to melt them ...

The Central Bank yesterday said its plan to end the Bahamian one-cent coin’s use as legal tender by end-2020 will save itself and the banking system $7m over a ten-year period.The regulator ...

The coin from 1792 is known as the “Birch Cent” and was one of the first prototypes for American currency. The coin takes its name from creator Robert Birch and is one in a series of prototypes.

But the lowly penny, more clinically known as the “one-cent piece”, has a history of lettering all to itself. Coins are normally a job for sculptors, ...

Reality does not meet the hype, according to one expert. "There are million-dollar pennies, but there are no $100 million pennies," said Donn Pearlman, spokesman for the Professional Numismatists ...

Here’s what the one-cent coin worth up to $30,000 looks like. The ‘1982-D Lincoln Penny’ is one of the rare coins that could be worth thousands of dollars.

This month the Canadian mint stopped distributing the penny, or one-cent piece, as it costs more to make than it is worth. It's far from being the lowest-value coin around, however.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A one-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction. James Halperin of Texas-based Heritage Auctions ...

A penny these days can't buy anything, but there will be some very valuable ones at the Toronto Coin Expo While some will be happy to see the penny disappear, others will be hoping to pick one up at ...

OTTAWA - As the penny is set to begin retirement next month, there are already calls to put the nickel out to pasture as well. The Royal Canadian Mint starts collecting one-cent coins on Feb.