Overview
- Live bidding for 232 three-coin Omega sets handled by Stack’s Bowers Galleries begins Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. ET, with each set including Philadelphia and Denver pennies plus a 24-karat gold piece.
- Set No. 232 will include the three dies used for the final strikes, and all sets come with serialized certificates of authenticity.
- Price expectations diverge sharply, with some numismatists projecting multimillion-dollar results and others estimating roughly $45,000 to $50,000 per set.
- The final circulating strike was conducted Nov. 12 in Philadelphia by U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach after production costs rose to about 3.69 cents per penny, with projected savings of roughly $56 million a year.
- Pennies remain legal tender and an estimated 300 billion are in circulation, yet businesses report hoarding, rounding or exact-change requests as federal guidance is lacking and some jurisdictions still require exact change.