Mike Maharrey argues that decades of artificially low interest rates and nearly $9 trillion in quantitative easing, combined ...

It is the next to fall in the sad saga of eliminating the connection between face value and the value of the money medium ...

The U.S. Mint pressed its last pennies as rising metal and production costs threaten nickels, prompting shortages and debate ...

Electronic payments may be racing ahead, with new technologies promising faster, cheaper and more convenient transactions, ...

Ending production of the 1-cent coin will save the government money and could streamline big retailers’ operations. But it ...

The US has stopped minting pennies after 232 years, turning the copper-plated coin into a relic — and a window into a ...

The U.S. Mint has halted production of the circulating penny after the Treasury Department concluded new one-cent coins are ...

This tiny disc of zinc with just a smidge of copper has played an outsized role in our national (and international) discourse ...

Retailers, banks and employers could collectively lose hundreds of millions of dollars a year due to uncertainty and a lack ...

Pennies may no longer be produced by the U.S. Mint, but other coins still are.For today’s Good Question, Anita asks: What are coins made from in the United States?When it comes to coins in the U.S., ...

Coin experts estimate the last pennies minted Wednesday could sell for as much as $5 million each when they hit the auction ...

Virginia will send some state employees home on furlough this week, as the federal government shutdown begins to affect state operations that rely partly on federal money for payroll.