It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

@huntcoinswithme recently posted a video on TikTok about a specific Lincoln Wheat Penny that was sold at auction ... explaining “because of its use in shell casings, copper wire, and the other ...

It’s time to rummage through your old change jar – you just might have millions of dollars stashed away in your cabinets. The penny was one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint after its ...

You can find them almost anywhere, but there may come a day when the Lincoln penny is no more. Earlier this month, President ...

You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

In 1909, it got a facelift, replacing the Indian-head cent with Lincoln’s profile — making it the first American coin to feature a real person. Over the years, it shrank, shed its bronze for ...

The penny featured the same image of Lincoln as it does today but from 1905-1958, the reverse side was marked with two sheaves of wheat. These wheat pennies have become highly collectible and in ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting the penny, reviving the debate over the future of America’s smallest coin.

It’s time to rummage through your old change jar – you just might have millions of dollars stashed away in your cabinets. The penny was one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint after its ...

There were the "Flying Eagle" and “Indian Head” designs in the 19th and 20th centuries before the penny’s design was changed to honor Abraham Lincoln’s 100th birthday in 1909.