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 ...

Hundreds of mock mourners headed to the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to attend a “funeral” for the penny. Along with musicians playing taps, there were a couple of Abraham Lincoln look-alikes, actors ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (WJW) – Hundreds of people gathered together in Washington, D.C. on Saturday to mourn the penny after the recent discontinuation and retirement of the U.S. coin. People came together at the ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. residents are hoping to give the penny a proper send-off on Saturday, after the Trump administration officially stopped the coin's production last month. Now, a funeral is being ...

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the coin to be discontinued after it became more costly to produce than what it is worth Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

WASHINGTON — The penny shortage was already frustrating to business owners and now the U.S has stopped making pennies altogether. It's created concern and confusion for business owners. "There's a ...

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 ...

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 ...