WASHINGTON (TNND) — The United States Treasury minted
its final production of pennies on Wednesday at the U.S. Mint
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (above).

"The penny was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792;
however, ongoing increases in production costs and the
evolution in consumer habits and technology have made its
production financially untenable," according to a statement
from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

The last two pennies minted were stamped with a special
omega and will not be circulated. Instead, the government
intends to auction the pennies off.

In February, President Donald Trump publicly called to halt
penny production, citing the fact that pennies cost more
money than they are worth.

The half-cent coin was the last coin to be discontinued in
1857. 

Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was
an American social reformer and women’s rights activist who
played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement.

Born into a Quaker family in Adams, Massachusetts, committed
to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the
age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for
the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum.

A European woman recently stumbled upon buried treasure
from the Middle Ages in what archaeologists are calling a
once-in-a-decade discovery.

In a press release that was translated into English, the
Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
explained that the treasure was found by a woman walking
in Kutná Hora. The town is located in the Central Bohemian
Region of the Czech Republic.
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Experts say the treasure discovery is one of the largest
archaeological finds of the past ten years. 

Archaeologists are working diligently to analyze and
archive all of the silver coins found, before putting
them on display.

Photo by A.J. Russell of the celebration following the driving
of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah.

On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial
last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S.
history. No longer would western-bound travelers need to take
the long and dangerous journey by wagon train.

(FOXNEWS) – Around 300 pieces of silver from two Viking treasures,
with approximately 50 whole coins, were found last fall in a Danish
field at Bramslev.

The coins were located around fives miles away from the Viking
castle Fyrkat, and date back to more than a thousand years ago.

The treasures were found less than 164 feet apart, containing
the coins and cut-up silver jewelry. 

North Jutland Museums said in a statement that the treasures
probably served as a means of payment by weight.

North Jutland Art Museum in Denmark.