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If you have any 1943 wheat pennies, it’s worth taking them to a coin dealer to see how much you might get for them. 2. 1944-S Steel Wheat Penny — $1.1 million
In January, a 1958 double die penny sold for a record $1.136 million through an auction held by GreatCollections Coin Auctions, the fastest-growing coin and paper money auction house in the U.S ...
A coin can be worth a ton of money — a pretty penny, one might say — if it’s rare and has enough historical significance. CoinTrackers.com says the ballpark value of an 1883 Liberty Head ...
66 aluminum cents made in 1975 as trial strikings. [25] [26] At least 1 example of an aluminum Lincoln Wheat cent struck in 1942 to test a possible alternative composition to bronze for the following year. Unlike the 1974–75 aluminum cents, this coin appears to be legal to possess and was sold at Heritage Auctions in May 2009. [27] [28] [29]
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
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).
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 ...
When it comes to valuable coins, pennies aren't often what first comes to mind. With that being said, there are several pennies that are worth a fortune, though they are generally considered to be...