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History of the penny

The penny was the first U.S. coin to feature a figure from history, and it’s always been Abraham Lincoln. The government first issued the Lincoln penny in 1909 to honor what would have been the ...
The signs for Liverpool’s Penny Lane are often decorated with graffiti: names, dates, well wishes to the Beatles who immortalized the street in their 1967 hit. This month, though, the scrawlings ...
The United States Mint announced on November 12, 2025, that it has stamped its last penny, marking the end of an era for the one-cent coin after more than two centuries in circulation. This decision ...
Investing in the 1943 Steel Penny is like uncovering a small, silvery relic from America’s World War II era—where necessity turned copper into steel and created one of the most distinctive coins in ...
The dies used to press the last pennies on display at the US Mint on November 12, 2025 in Philadelphia. These last pennies bear a special 'Omega' and will not be put in circulation, but will be ...