You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

A penny saved is a penny … urned? The possible impending death of the penny has piggy banks, give-a-penny-take-a-penny jars, and manufacturers of coin wrappers a bit nervous. In a move that would put ...

In 1857, the penny’s size was taken down a notch and changed to a copper-nickel alloy known as the Flying Eagle cent. This was quickly replaced by the well-known Indian Head cent — long a ...