Most Valuable Half-Cent Coins . The face value of every half-cent is half a penny — or 1/200th of a dollar. Today that wouldn ...

The Trump administration has announced plans to discontinue minting new pennies, citing the cost of producing the 1- cent coins in relation to their value and importance in the U.S. currency system.

Each half-dollar coin costs about 34 cents to produce. This keeps the half-dollar financially viable for the Mint, as it's ...