7 million, though even more recent sales have shattered those numbers. A small number of bronze planchets left over from the 1942 production remained in the mint presses and were accidentally struck ...

For a Lincoln cent, however, the 1943 copper penny is extremely valuable, with circulated examples selling at auction in the past two years bringing between $240,000 and $336,000. Its auction prices ...

While April 1st is more commonly known for April Fool's Day, it is also National One Cent Day -- and what these pennies are worth is no joke. According to Cointrackers.com, certain pennies that were ...

Some of the pennies lying around your house could far exceed their face value of one cent. Let’s take a deeper dive into the world of pretty pennies.

According to CoinCollecting.com, the cent was 95% copper until copper was needed for war in 1943 and the penny’s composition changed to zinc-coated steel for the year. A few errors were made on the ...

Your pennies could be worth far more than a single cent — and there’s an easy ways to tell. Auction company Stack’s Bowers Galleries in California revealed that it garnered a total of $16.76 million ...

The demand for pennies seems to be growing. Now, the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies businesses are starting to feel the impacts. You may have seen signs at local stores talking about new ways to ...

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 ...