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December 18, 2025

Last U.S. cents sold at auction for a sum of $16.76M were worth a pretty penny

By OLIVIA DIAZ
Associated Press

To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value: some coin collectors beg to differ.

In fact, they doled out millions for the final pennies circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent's production back in November.


 
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