PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — The final minted pennies are getting new homes. More than 230 sets of three were auctioned off online on behalf of the U.S. Mint. Many of them sold for tens of thousands of ...
Upon graduating LSU, Hollis went to work for the Blanchard and Company in New Orleans. One of the nation’s leading numismatic ...
The last one-cent coins were auctioned for a combined $16.76 million on Friday, Dec. 12. Stack's Bowers Galleries conducted the auction on behalf of the United States Mint. The sale comes one month ...
After 232 years of production, the U.S. Mint stamped its final batch of pennies on November 12, 2025. In February, President Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies because the ...
This special auction of nearly 700 rare pennies brought a small fortune – nearly $16.8 million. Those coins, auctioned on Thursday, Dec. 11, by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, included the last 2025 ...
SOUTH BEND, IN (WSBT) — No more pennies. The US Mint stopped making pennies in November. The last penny minted was sold for more than $16.7 million at auction. Now many businesses are not giving ...
The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing pennies. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach struck the final circulating penny on Nov. 12 at the Philadelphia U.S. Mint facility after President Donald ...
To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value: some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they doled out millions for the final pennies circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the ...
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Blank coins wait to be the last pennies pressed at ...
They’re worth a pretty penny. The last-ever minted US pennies were auctioned off for a whopping $16.76 million last Thursday. The millions were doled out for 232 three-coin sets, marking the highest ...
Dec. 16 (UPI) --The final pennies minted in the United States were sold for more than $16.76 million in a special auction and set a record as the most valuable modern U.S. coin ever sold. The auction ...