“You can go to your own bank or credit union and not pay any fee,” said Kimberly Palmer, personal finance expert at NerdWallet. Both NerdWallet and Bankrate offer tip sheets on exchanging coins for ...

Despite childhood nostalgia associated with the coin, Rok, 70, said he agreed with Trump’s assessment that the penny simply costs too much. Many others agreed with him. USA TODAY spoke with ...

I never found one, sadly. But I have a slight nostalgia for that activity. Molly: I have a less intense version of attachment to the penny, similar to what I have for good old-fashioned books ...

It costs more than 3 cents to make a 1-cent coin, and now the United States Treasury is finally doing something about it.

The U.S. government is no longer going to mint pennies, and soon cash retail transactions will be rounded to the nearest ...

On the Facebook group of Pressed Penny Collectors, whose members seek out machines that flatten the coins into oval-shaped souvenirs, nostalgia has been negligible. “They’re going to stop ...

Other people summarized arguments for the penny to endure: “All the reasons for keeping them are emotional (nostalgia, tradition, Lincoln is on it, etc.).” And one pointed out that it’s not ...