Before gaining massive fame as Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory, Jim Parsons got his career started with a guest role on this ...

The penny received a “funeral” on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended ...

Penny Kagigebi combines her quill boxes and baskets with activism for her Two-Spirit relatives. Penny Kagigebi has always loved art, and knew what her path in life was the first time she saw a quill ...

The penny was first minted in 1793, per the auctioneers. America's smallest coins just brought in some big bucks. Pennies from the final minted set of the coin sold for over $16.76 million at auction ...

DETROIT — Marie Shoulders of Detroit has a penny purse, a penny jar and a small penny pouch. As a self-confessed penny hoarder, she wasn't surprised to hear about the scarcity of the reddish-brown ...

The Big Bang Theory is, at its heart, about relationships. The geek culture references, cameos, and science speak are dressings, and funny ones at that. But from the very beginning, the series set ...

As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change. That’s because eliminating ...

Why the U.S. government halted production of the penny, and what it could mean for how much things cost. Why the U.S. government halted production of the penny, and what it could mean for how much ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The U.S. Mint pressed it’s final penny on Wednesday, bringing an end to a production of more than 230 years. Southern Guns and Pawn Shop owner Shawn Hendrix says it’s a story ...

The American penny is history. The nickel might be next. The last pennies were pressed at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday, a victim of production costs higher than their worth coupled with ...

It was just a matter of time. Some say it's been a long time coming. The last discontinued coin in America was the half-cent, which ended production in 1857. Now, like the half-cent before it, may the ...