For 12 years a 1943 copper penny with Lincoln’s face on it remained in a young man’s coin collection, and today he has learned that it is one of two of this type discovered and may be worth $40,000.

A rare copper penny found by a 16-year-old in 1943 will be auctioned off for thousands In 1947, then 16-year-old Don Lute Jr. of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, found a rare copper penny in change he got ...

You might not think much about the spare change jingling in your pocket, but there's a particular penny that could be worth far more than one cent. It's hard to believe that something so ordinary ...

Monessen resident Dave Burdis still remembers the day his father, a bank teller, brought home a half dime coin from work. Burdis, now 74, was just 9 years old at the time. “I was amazed at it. I ...

While pennies are often overlooked as spare change, some are worth far more than their face value. Collectors and coin enthusiasts know that certain rare and historical pennies can be worth hundreds, ...

Sort Through Your Pennies for Valuable Dates and Mint Marks S. Mint stamped its final batch of pennies on November 12, ...

HIGHLAND TWP. - After more than 200 years, the U.S. Mint will soon stop making pennies. Hometown Life turned to local coin collectors to make it all make cents. Chuck Sharpe, founder of the Huron ...