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 U.S. Mint's last pennies struck will be auctioned on Thursday, Dec. 11. Each winning bid gets a 24-karat gold penny along with two 2025 pennies.

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The United States has entered a new era of pocket change, retiring the familiar copper-colored penny and unveiling a fresh ...

The U.S. Mint on Wednesday ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and because the 1-cent coin that could once buy a snack or a piece of candy had become increasingly irrelevant.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years as symbols of frugality and the price ...

New semiquincentennial coin designs have dropped planned nods to abolition, women’s suffrage and civil rights, turning a niche unveiling into a proxy battle over how America tells its own story.