New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

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

Some Americans have a sentimental attachment to the penny, particularly because of its historical significance and association with President Abraham Lincoln. Others worry that eliminating the ...

In the new documentary Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln, a group of scholars argue that the 16th President of the United States had sexual relationships with multiple men during his ...

In the new documentary Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln, a group of scholars argue that the 16th President of the United States had sexual relationships with multiple men during ...

In 1857, the penny got reduced to its current size. In 1909, Abraham Lincoln became the first president featured on an coin. The idea of getting rid of a small denomination coin like the penny has ...

Billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has a new target in its sights for trimming federal spending: the U.S. penny. In Tuesday X post, Musk's DOGE wrote that the U.S. spends ...

This image would hold until 1909 when Abraham Li ncoln became the first president to be featured on a coin in honor of his 100th birthday. The penny featured the same image of Lincoln as it does ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is targeting one of the federal government's most notorious examples of waste: the penny. Getting rid of the penny would be an early test of DOGE's ...