This special auction of nearly 700 rare pennies brought a small fortune – nearly $16.8 million. Those coins, auctioned on Thursday, Dec. 11, by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, included the last 2025 ...

1943 Bronze Lincoln Cent I find the 1943 Bronze Lincoln Cent fascinating because it’s a rare mistake that collectors treasure. Most pennies from 1943 were made of steel due to copper shortages in ...

Here's what makes some of these 1943 Lincoln wheat pennies so valuable and how to tell if you have one of these valuable coins in your possession or not.

Most people toss a penny without a second glance. Yet sitting inside old coin jars, forgotten desk drawers, and inherited collections, there may be a one-cent piece that collectors and auction houses ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing the penny after more than 230 years. It now costs 3.69 cents to produce a single penny, which is significantly more than its face value. Pennies will ...

You may have heard that the last penny ever was minted last week (in Pennsylvania, no less). And some of final-new batch of pennies are set to be auctioned off soon. So, how much might one cent go for ...

The U.S. has officially stopped producing pennies because they cost more to manufacture than their one-cent value. While production has ceased, pennies remain legal tender and are still accepted as ...

The dies used to press the last pennies on display at the US Mint on November 12, 2025 in Philadelphia. These last pennies bear a special 'Omega' and will not be put in circulation, but will be ...