Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: Our son collects pennies and was dismayed to get home from school ...

Need a penny for your thoughts? You might want to start charging more. The U.S. government announced that it will soon halt production of the one-cent coin, citing ballooning manufacturing costs, as ...

Change is coming, but it won't be in the form of a penny anymore. After 233 years of production, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that the production of the penny will come to an end, and soon, ...

Do we really need pennies? In 2013 pennies and nickels exceeded the cost of production, meaning that it cost 1.9 cents to create pennies. Pennies are becoming worthless, being collected in drawers, ...

Americans are holding an estimated $60-$90 in coins per household. While some rare pennies are valuable, most are worth only a few cents. Consumers can exchange coins for cash at banks, credit unions, ...

Pennies will soon be a thing of the past. President Donald Trump has ordered the Treasury to stop minting pennies because their production cost exceeds their value. Many Americans regard both nickels ...