article_snippet: A rare prototype of the first American penny was sold for $1.175million at an auction in Baltimore, Maryland.
article_snippet: The $1.175 million price tag included the buyer's premium.
article_snippet: The first was snapped up by a Beverly Hills rare coin dealer in January for $2.585million at an auction in Florida.
article_snippet: Kevin Lipton, 55, had the winning bid for Birch Penny.
article_snippet: The coin Lipton bought was previously sold in 1981 for $200,000.