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Coin collectors have multiple options when it comes to tracking down and purchasing rare and valuable coins, ranging from local coin shops and international dealers to auction houses and e-commerce...
Designed by Victor D. Brenner, this is one of the highest-value pennies in circulation today. During World War II, pennies were made of steel to save copper for the war effort.
As of December 2024, a 1920 Indian Head Gold Coin in circulated condition is worth between $20,000 and $75,000. But that value rises to as much as $2 million for specimens in pristine ...
Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ Grant Memorial half dollar (no star) Ulysses S. Grant: Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized: 250,000 (max) Uncirculated: 95,055 (P) [7] 1922 50¢ Grant Memorial half dollar (star) Ulysses S. Grant, star between AMERICA and GRANT
The penny, also known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of taxation and finance).
The farthing (from Old English fēorðing, from fēorða, a fourth) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny, or 1 / 960 of a pound sterling. Initially minted in copper, and then in bronze, it replaced the earlier English farthing. Between 1860 and 1971, the farthing's purchasing power ranged between 12p and 0.2p in 2017 values.
Currently, pennies are 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper, and at current prices of those metals, each new penny has a theoretical "melt value" -- what you'd get if you melted down pennies and sold the ...
Wartime cent, 1944–1946 (Brass except as noted) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1944 (P) 1,435,000,000 (P) >27 Zinc-plated Steel. 27 known. D 430,578,000 D ^ D over S D