A penny saved is a penny … urned? The possible impending death of the penny has piggy banks, give-a-penny-take-a-penny jars, ...

Now pennies are a zinc-copper combination ... It reached its current size in 1857. Practically no toll booth will accept them unless you’re driving through Illinois. Lincoln’s home state ...

These coins were eliminated in 1857 by an act of Congress ... and to contain eleven penny-weights of copper.” Congress can modify this act anytime it wants – and it has.

In 1857, the penny’s size was taken down a notch and changed to a copper-nickel alloy known as the Flying Eagle cent. This was quickly replaced by the well-known Indian Head cent — long a ...