The penny is finally slipping out of everyday American life, but what replaces it is still very much up for debate. Production has stopped, cash registers are adjusting, and lawmakers are scrambling ...

FARGO — If we stop to pick them up, they’re supposed to give us good luck, but someday, there may be fewer of them to do so. The federal government has stopped minting the one-cent coin, or penny, ...

After more than 230 years of steady service, the humble one-cent piece has retired — for now. The U.S. Mint pressed its final circulating penny earlier in November. While the penny remains legal ...