You know, most of us pass by pocket change without a second thought. Pennies, nickels, quarters tossed into jars or left ...

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Hundreds of mock mourners headed to the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to attend a “funeral” for the penny. Along with musicians playing taps, there were a couple of Abraham Lincoln look-alikes, actors ...

A ceremonial funeral was held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to eulogize the penny after circulation and production stopped this year.

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They’re worth a pretty penny. The last-ever minted US pennies were auctioned off for a whopping $16.76 million last Thursday. The millions were doled out for 232 three-coin sets, marking the highest ...

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History was hammered into copper one last time, as America’s final circulating pennies shattered auction records. Stack’s Bowers Galleries, a California auction house, announced that the 232 sets of ...

The penny was first minted in 1793, per the auctioneers. America's smallest coins just brought in some big bucks. Pennies from the final minted set of the coin sold for over $16.76 million at auction ...

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Reiner was 78-year-old. Reiner was first married to Penny Marshall. He later ...

The U.S. Mint has officially stopped making pennies – but that doesn’t mean some aren’t worth more than one cent. In fact, the last pennies ever minted are worth a pretty penny. Auction house Stack’s ...