The last circulating pennies are set to be auctioned off next month.

The U.S. Mint announced the auction, to be handled by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, in a news release on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The last circulating one-cent coins will be auctioned off on Dec. 11 through a "special sale" of 232 three-coin sets, symbolizing the 232 years pennies have been in circulation, the government agency said.

"The penny has withstood 232 years of our Nation's history, and we are proud to offer the chance for the public to celebrate this moment into perpetuity by purchasing one of these special sets. It truly an honor to continue Connecting America through Coins," Mint Acting Director Kristie McNally said in the release.

Each set includes two circulating pennies, one from each of the Mint’s production

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