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On This Day: 1st telegraph sent in United States
On this date in history: In 1844, the first U.S telegraph line was formally opened -- between Baltimore and Washington. The ...
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The End of the Penny: U.S. will stop minting cents, the future has caught up with us
The U.S. Mint is set to stop producing pennies, marking the end of an era. With production costs soaring and the utility of ...
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U.S. Mint draws peer recognition for circulating coin
The U.S. Mint took top honors in "Best Circulating Coin" at the 2025 Mint Directors Conference for the work on the Jovita ...
Change is coming for the penny as Treasury Department makes final order of coin blanks
The federal government made its final order of penny blanks this month — the first step to end the production of the 1-cent coin, a spokesperson for the Treasury Department confirmed to USA TODAY.
The penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. Here’s how much the US spends on minting its other coins
The impending “death” of the U.S. penny has spotlighted the coin’s own price tag — nearly 4 cents to make and distribute each ...
US is ending penny production: How will you be impacted?
Per the latest U.S. Mint report, it costs less than six cents to make a dime ($0.0576). To make a quarter, it costs about 15 cents ($0.1468), and nearly 34 cents for a half-dollar ($0.3397).