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.

Stack's Bowers Galleries conducted the auction on behalf of the United States Mint.The sale comes one month after the US Mint ...

Last year was a lucrative one for sellers of rare coins, as one auction house sold five specimens for more than $1 million each — including one that fetched a record price in its category. The auction ...

Some of the rarest coins have sold for millions at major auctions, and according to Heritage Auctions, its August American Numismatic Association events alone brought in more than $68 million. Even ...

Rare U.S. coins, once pocket change, now fetch millions due to extreme rarity and historical significance. The 1794 Flowing ...

Special collector sets of the final batch of US pennies ever made set a record at a specialized coin auction site.

An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, decimating the previous record. The threepence coin ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has stopped producing pennies. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach struck the final circulating penny ...

We’ve seen some remarkable sales prices in rare coins in recent months. Here’s just a sampling of those. The prices are listed from lowest to highest. These have all sold in the last month, and we ...

If you want to invest in the world’s most valuable coins, you’d better be ready to pony up some serious cash. The priciest coins fetch millions of dollars at auction, and even less expensive specimens ...