Wheat pennies with errors are among the most highly valued coins out there for any collector. The errors range from double-die casting to steel cent striking mistakes, all made by the U.S. Mint. The ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penny production in the U.S. is grinding to a stop. More than 3 billion pennies were minted in the U.S. last year, but according ...

The first pennies appearing in 1909 were revolutionary coins because Abraham Lincoln’s face was minted on the obverse. By that moment, it was unthinkable for American coins to depict the image of a ...

Wheat pennies are a classic example of small change that can secretly be worth a fortune, and a handful of dates and varieties have auction histories that turn pocket finds into life-changing ...

The 1943 penny errors represent some of the most fascinating and valuable mistakes in American numismatics. During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched from copper to ...

The 1943 steel penny remains one of the most famous coins in U.S. numismatic history. With copper required for World War II military equipment, the United States Mint experimented with alternative ...