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 penny never made much sense at the checkout line, but it sure made dollars at auction. Coin collectors paid more than $16 ...

Stack's Bowers Galleries conducted the auction on behalf of the United States Mint.The sale comes one month after the US Mint ...

Auction bidders spent top dollar for some of the final pennies to be circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the ...

Nearly 700 of the last pennies produced in Philadelphia and Denver were sold in an auction last week for a total of $16.76 ...

The final pennies to be minted in the U.S. sold for a record sum at Stack’s Bowers, with 696 one-cent coins collectively ...

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 value auction of special coins ...

With rare and valuable coins selling for thousands and even millions of dollars, buyers and sellers need to take every step they can to ensure they get the best deal. That’s especially true for those ...

Historic coin experts say they have found the first silver piece minted by the US and believe it was likely held by Founding Father — and founder of The Post — Alexander Hamilton. David McCarthy, a ...

A rare Roman coin depicting Julius Caesar’s assassin, Brutus, sold for €1.9 million ($2 million) at a Geneva auction, far exceeding its €800,000 estimate. Coin specialists Numismatica Genevensis SA ...

A very rare experimental 25 pence British coin from 1981 that looks at first glance like an ordinary 20 pence example has sold at auction for some 6,800 times its face value. Estimated at £500 to £700 ...