The final US pennies struck this week might be worth a fortune.

Coin experts estimate the last pennies minted Wednesday could sell for as much as $5 million each when they hit the auction block in December, USA Today reported.

US Treasurer Brandon Beach pressed the button at the Philadelphia Mint on Wednesday to stamp out the final pennies after 232 years of production.

The US government first started to mint pennies in 1793, when Philadelphia served as the nation’s capital.

The last five pennies ever minted bear a special omega symbol marking their special status — which will surely get bidders’ tongues wagging when they eventually go up for auction later this year.

“Collectors would go nuts for a modern rarity of business-strike Lincoln cents,” John Feigenbaum, publisher of ra

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