A single Lincoln cent struck on the wrong metal during World War II has traded for well over $1 million, and numismatic ...

The collection traces the new penny composition for three decades.

A 1909 Lincoln penny is part of NASA's Curiosity rover mission. Get ready to pull out a fascinating piece of space trivia to wow your friends at your next party. There’s a 1909 Lincoln-head penny on ...

For millions of collectors and investors, some coins just make sense to hold on to. The Lincoln wheat penny is one of them. While it might not be the world’s most collected coin, it’s still one of the ...

Find a penny, pick it up, 40 years later, you may have good luck. A coin connoisseur has made a convincing case for never giving away your change by revealing a 1983 Lincoln penny could be worth ...

A rare 1982 Lincoln penny with a "D" mint mark, weighing 3.1 grams and featuring a "small date" design, could be worth ...

Pennies shine in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver. Because of a surge in the price of zinc and copper, it now costs the U.S. Mint over 2 cents to produce a penny. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) “On ...

It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies bearing Lincoln’s likeness in time for his centennial in 1909. It marked the ...

The U.S. Mint is changing the design of the penny for the first time in 50 years. In honor of Honest Abe's 200th birthday, there will be four new images on the back of the coin, depicting four ...

The mourners had taken their seats. Many were dressed in black. Others wore veils and large hoop skirts, reminiscent of Victorian-era fashion. When the clock struck 1:01 p.m. (a time, organizers said, ...