301 Age-Old American Pennies Sells For $10.7 mn

Even small pennies can make-up the difference. Lately a collection of rare American cents by Burbank resident Walter J. Husak, the title-holder of an aerospace-part manufacturing company has earned him $10.7 million via a Dallas-based auction house at Heritage Auction Galleries. Amongst 301 cents available for sale there, each one was a rare and most primitive example of the American penny, including a 1794 large cent imprinted with tiny stars around the back rim that fetched $632,500.

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