The U.S. Mint’s coin production significantly increased in January. December’s coinage was 279.2 million, while January’s stood at 448.5 million, a 60.6 percent jump, Coin News reports. It was, ...
The penny's story began in 1792 with the Coinage Act that created the U.S. Mint and established America's decimal currency system. For more than 230 years, the one-cent coin survived wars, depressions ...