March 27, 2015 – A prototype of the first American penny has been purchased at a Baltimore auction by an anonymous buyer. The 1792 Birch penny, one of only seven such pennies known to exist, sold for $1.175 million. Another Birch penny sold at a Florida auction in January for $2.585 million, purchased by a Beverly Hills dealer in rare coins.
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