The one cent coin costs more to produce than its value and is nearly obsolete in retail. But it has its supporters.

News spoke with Edward Perry, the owner of Perry's Coin Currency & Ammunition located at the Milton Flea Market.

His company, Portland Mint, sells old pennies in bulk — 40,000 pounds (18,100 kilograms) at a time — to investors angling to ...

Cease production of the penny, let collectors gobble up what’s left of the 1 cent coin, and there will still be one eternally ...

New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...