The government loses nearly three cents on every penny it mints. On a nickel, it loses nearly nine cents. More nickels would ...

Online chatter has lots of folks looking at their caches of coins in search of Lincoln wheat pennies they unrealistically ...

The government loses nearly three cents on every penny it mints. On a nickel, it loses nearly nine cents. More nickels would mean steeper losses. America could kill both the penny and the nickel, the ...

"Only a few Lincoln cents dated 1909 to 1958 with the wheat stalks design on the back ("wheat pennies") have sold for $1 million or more." The most valuable U.S. coin ever, a $20 gold piece ...

There has long been broad bipartisan agreement that the penny has outlived its usefulness. Yet multiple efforts by both ...

Pennies will still be legal tender, but cash prices will soon be rounded up or down to the nearest nickel (which cost even ...

Are your old pennies worth millions? Experts say you shouldn't bank on it. However, some wheat pennies could be worth hundreds. How to find out.

Are your old pennies worth millions? Experts say you shouldn't bank on it. But some wheat pennies could be worth hundreds of dollars; here's how to check yours.

Old coins can be spent just like any other currency ... but the reality is most pennies are worth one cent or possibly a bit more. Reality does not meet the hype, according to one expert.