The end of the US Penny and it sold for $16.76 million at auction

| December 17, 2025

Do you have some spare change? How about a couple of 2025 pennies? You might want to hang on to them. 😉  The auction house sold 232 sets of three coins each featuring a 2025 penny from the Philadelphia Mint, a 24-karat gold penny from the Philadelphia Mint and a 2025-D penny from the Denver […]

The End of the Penny: US Mint to Cease Production by 2026

| May 24, 2025

The U.S. penny, a staple of American currency since 1787, will no longer be minted after 2026, as announced by the Treasury Department. The decision comes as the cost of producing a penny has soared to 3.7 cents, far exceeding its face value. With 114 billion pennies in circulation, the move aims to cut losses […]

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