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 held last week by Stack's Bowers Galleries in California included 232 sets featuring three of the one-cent coins that President Donald Trump earlier ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting.
Each of the pennies was marked with the Greek letter Omega, signifying the end of the 238-year-old U.S. currency denomination, according to a press release from the auction house.
Among the set of pennies auctioned off was a 2025 penny produced at the Philadelphia Mint, a "2025-D" penny produced at the Denver Mint and a 24-karat gold penny also produced at the Philadelphia Mint, according to the press release.
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