The U.S. Treasury Department halted production of the penny on Nov. 12, ending more than 230 years of minting the nation’s smallest denomination and signalling the copper-colored coin’s gradual exit ...
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Why 1982 copper pennies are quietly gaining value - and sparking coin-collector frenzy
Most people toss pennies into jars, forget them in couch cushions, or leave them on gas station counters without a second ...
(CNN) - A few historic pieces of copper turned out to be worth much more than their weight in gold. The last pennies to ever be minted in the U.S. just sold for more than $16 million, according to ...
Fiscally, the mint didn’t have a logical choice. It was costing about 4 cents to mint a single penny, and that’s mostly due to production costs, not because the price of copper has soared. Since 1982, ...
PHILADELPHIA — The last minted pennies sure cost a pretty penny. On Thursday, a three-coin set of the final pennies minted for circulation sold at auction for $800,000. Another of the sets sold for ...
While April 1st is more commonly known for April Fool's Day, it is also National One Cent Day -- and what these pennies are worth is no joke. According to Cointrackers.com, certain pennies that were ...
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