Final U.S. pennies struck sold for over a total $16 million at auction

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Final U.S. pennies struck sold for over a total $16 million at auction
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Auction bidders spent top dollar for some of the final pennies to be circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent’s production. The U.S. Mint sold 232 three-cent sets for a whopping sum of $16.76 million last Thursday. One of those sets contained the last three pennies ever to be made. It sold for $800,000.

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