U.S. Mint

The U.S. Mint is suspending production of dollar coins as the government looks to nickel and dime its way to smaller budget deficits.

The Buck Stops Here: $1 Coins to Be Curtailed Jeffrey Sparshott 2011

The U.S. Mint, which finances its operations through a special fund, would still produce coins, and neither snow nor rain nor threat of shutdown would keep postal workers from their appointed rounds.

What might happen if federal government shuts down again 2011

- A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.

1793 Penny Fetches $1.38M At Fla. Auction AP 2012

The U.S. Mint sold just 41,000 ounces of gold coins last month, the lowest since June 2008.

Gold Edges Higher; Investors Cautious Tatyana Shumsky 2011

- A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.

1793 Penny Fetches $1.38M At Fla. Auction AP 2012

- A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.

1793 Penny Fetches $1.38M At Fla. Auction AP 2012

- A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.

1793 Penny Fetches $1.38M At Fla. Auction AP 2012

- A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.

1793 Penny Fetches $1.38M At Fla. Auction AP 2012

- A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.

1793 Penny Fetches $1.38M At Fla. Auction AP 2012

The U.S. Mint's Philadelphia factory made nearly 450,000 of the coins dated 1933.

Heirs Battle U.S. Mint Over Prized Gold Coins Peter Loftus 2011