Some rare coins have reached a certain level of fame because of their backstories. An example is the 1943 copper Lincoln penny, which was mistakenly minted during a World War II copper shortage ...
Think again. Hidden within that jar of pennies or stashed away in your attic might be a small fortune. Coins that look ordinary to the untrained eye can hold immense value for collectors and ...
According to International Precious Metals, only 2,000 were produced, and even fewer are known to exist today—hence their hefty worth. One of these coins once fetched $6.6 million at auction, while ...
The U.S. minted about 7.7 billion pennies in 1983 but only about 5,000 of them have the doubling error. The mistakes and the rarity is what drives the price up, with some of the coins, known among ...