The last pennies to be made by the U.S. Mint were auctioned Dec. 11 and the coins brought in a whopping $16.8 million.
The last US pennies ever to be minted have sold for millions at auction.Stack’s Bowers Galleries, which sold the pennies on behalf of the US Mint on December 11, said 696 1 cent coins went for more ...
The last pennies to be minted in the U.S. sold for over a total of $16 million in an auction on behalf of the United States ...
Auction house Stacks Bowers sold three U.S. pennies (one made of 24K gold) for 26 million times their cash value.
The final pennies minted for circulation — including coins struck in Philadelphia — sold for nearly $17 million at auction, ...
The last circulating pennies sold for over $16.76 million in an auction on Thursday, according to Stack’s Bowers Galleries.
The final minted set of U.S. pennies sold for more than $16.76 million at an auction in California last week.
The U.S. Treasury Department halted production of the penny on Nov. 12, ending more than 230 years of minting the nation’s smallest denomination and signalling the copper-colored coin’s gradual exit ...
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The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing the penny after more than 230 years. It now costs 3.69 cents to produce a single penny, which is significantly more than its face value. Pennies will ...