Two 1792 pennies were recently auctioned off for a combined amount of $869,500.
Two 1792 pennies were recently auctioned off for a combined amount of $869,500, reports the Associated Press.
According to the Orange County Register, the pieces were sold on Wednesday at the World’s Fair of Money in Anaheim, California.
The Birch Cent, of which only 10 are known to exist, sold for $517,000.
The Silver Center Cent, so named because it has a small amount of silver in the middle, was sold for $352,500.
Its listing on the Heritage Auctions website states, “most numismatists believe it was the first coin actually produced inside the walls of the first U.S. Mint...”
Both one-cent pieces have been traced back to the Founding Fathers of America and their efforts to break away from the influence of Great Britain.
The buyers have not yet been identified to the media.
