But older pennies are worth their weight in copper. 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.

The U.S. Treasury will soon cease penny production, a change sparked by the disparity between the coin’s production cost and monetary value. While pennies can still be used as currency, the halt has ...

The one-cent coin currently costs the government 3.69 cents to make. Halting penny production is expected to save taxpayers $56 million annually. Without new pennies entering circulation, ...

The U.S. government is no longer going to mint pennies, and soon cash retail transactions will be rounded to the nearest ...

The U.S. Mint Thursday said it has ordered the last batch of pennies after President Trump ordered the elimination of the little-loved one-cent coin.. With the cost of producing a single penny ...

The agency said it costs 3.7 cents to make a one-cent coin. To see just how devalued the penny is these days, WBZ-TV conducted an experiment.

This comes after the Trump administration announced in February it would halt the production of the one-cent coins, a move that’s estimated to save the government $56 million.

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 ...

But older pennies are worth their weight in copper. 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.

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 ...