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 ...
History was hammered into copper one last time, as America’s final circulating pennies shattered auction records. Stack’s Bowers Galleries, a California auction house, announced that the 232 sets of ...
The penny was first minted in 1793, per the auctioneers. 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 ...
The demand for pennies seems to be growing. Now, the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies businesses are starting to feel the impacts. You may have seen signs at local stores talking about new ways to ...
As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change. That’s because eliminating ...
The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it has stopped producing pennies, ending more than 230 years of minting the 1-cent coin. The penny will remain legal tender and will still be accepted at ...
The U.S. Mint ceremoniously pressed its final penny on Nov. 12, although most production of the coin halted for good earlier this summer. With the penny no longer being produced, retailers are ...
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Alas, dear penny, you served us well. We picked you up, you gave us luck. We gave you to others in exchange for their thoughts. And remember when we pondered whether dropping you from the Empire State ...
There will be no more new US pennies, but 300 million are still in circulation -- and the final five are special. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to ...
What, exactly, is the plan for all the pennies? Many Americans—and many people who, though not American, enjoy watching from a safe distance as predictable fiascoes unfold in this theoretical ...
Sorry, penny pinchers, you just shortchanged. The United States ended production of the penny this week, more than two centuries since the one-cent coin first went ...