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Last “Omega” Pennies Sell for Over $16.76 Million in Stack’s Bowers Galleries Auction

December 15, 2025 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from Stack’s Bowers Galleries, announcing that the last “Omega” Lincoln Cents have sold at auction. The lot, a three-coin set featuring the 2025-D, 2025(P), and the 24-karat gold Cent struck in Philadelphia, all with the Omega privy mark, sold for an eye-watering $16.76 million. The very last circulating pennies, or “cents,” sold for over $16.76 million in a special auction byStack’s Bowers Galleries on Thursday, December 12th, presented on …

Stack’s Bowers Galleries Announces Sale of the Sydney F. Martin Collection

January 14, 2022 by Clinton

Sydney F Martin (Image Courtesy of The American Numismatic Society)

The following is a Press Release from Stack’s Bowers, announcing the sale of the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Sydney F. Martin, the former President and Trustee of the American Numismatic Society, passed in January 2021 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Mr. Martin’s collection is considered to be one of the best with a broad depth and a number of rare specimens. For three decades, Sydney F. Martin of Doylestown, Pennsylvania and Amelia Island, Florida …