The last circulating pennies sold for over $16.76 million in an auction on Thursday, according to Stack’s Bowers Galleries.

The U.S. Mint sold 232 three-cent sets for a whopping sum of $16.76 million at an auction last Thursday hosted by Stack’s ...

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 ...

The humble United States penny, often dismissed as having little value, has recently commanded millions from eager collectors ...

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the coin to be discontinued after it became more costly to produce than what it is worth ...