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

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 ...

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

Penny for your thoughts? Better raise the price. The US Mint brought more than two centuries of penny production to a close last week, and the final coins off the presses could become a hot item among ...

Pennies might the lowest denomination of U.S. currency, but a batch of special coins recently sold for nearly $17 million ...

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

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 Bowers Galleries. The 232nd set — containing the last three pennies ever made ...

America's smallest coins just brought in some big bucks. Pennies from the final minted set of the coin sold for over $16.76 million at auction Thursday, according to Stack's Bowers Galleries in ...

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 ...

A special auction featuring nearly 700 rare pennies brought in almost $16.8 million, according to the auction house. The ...