It's the end of an era. After 233 years, the U.S. Mint will stop making cents. A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY that the government placed its last order of blank coins to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday. An immediate annual ...

The United States Mint made history Wednesday with the release of its first laser-engraved American Silver Eagle, introducing cutting-edge technology that promises to revolutionize coin production.

New semiquincentennial coin designs have dropped planned nods to abolition, women’s suffrage and civil rights, turning a niche unveiling into a proxy battle over how America tells its own story.

FILE - Freshly-made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and ...