Three-coin sets fetched more than $72,000 each on average, ending the 238-year history of the one-cent coin after President Trump discontinued it.

Three-coin sets fetched more than $72,000 each on average, ending the 238-year history of the one-cent coin after President Trump discontinued it.

The last pennies to be made by the U.S. Mint were auctioned Dec. 11 and the coins brought in a whopping $16.8 million.