Before you toss your old pennies in the coin jar, take a closer look at them. They could be worth thousands of dollars to ...

The U.S. Treasury will soon cease penny production, a change sparked by the disparity between the coin’s production cost and monetary value. While pennies can still be used as currency, the halt has ...

When are they getting rid of pennies? Why? How much is 1 million pennies? Here are answers to these questions and more surrounding the once-cent coin.

1944 Steel Penny: The 1944 steel penny is one of the rarest, most sought-after American coins in the world. Like the 1943 copper penny, it was struck using the wrong planchet. By 1944, the U.S ...

Most pennies today have little value, but those from the early American colonies can sell for thousands of dollars. In 2010, ...

“Those are just natural resources coming out of the Earth,” McColly said: Copper-plated zinc for pennies, copper-nickel alloys for nickels, dimes and quarters. His point: If Americans got serious ...

A rare copper penny, considered a 'holy grail' in coins, has been found in a boy's lunch money. It could reach $1.7 million in auction from Heritage Auctions. Now that's a pretty penny.

Modern pennies are made of copper-plated zinc. The U.S. Mint began making zinc-coated steel pennies in 1943 because copper was needed for World War II. Since 1982, pennies have been made primarily ...

A pre-1982 penny has about 2 cents worth of copper in it. Some people hoard them, betting that the U.S. will kill the penny and then it will be legal to melt them down and they can make a killing.

The most valuable pennies, which are rare but possibly still in circulation, are 1943 copper Lincoln wheat pennies, a few of which were produced accidentally as the U.S. mints were supposed to use ...

Rare Copper Penny Found in Boy's Lunch Money Could Sell for $1 Million: It's 'The Holy Grail' A rare copper penny found by a 16-year-old in 1943 will be auctioned off for thousands. By.

Don Lutes Jr. kept the 1943 copper penny he stumbled upon in his high school cafeteria seven decades ago in a safe behind a wall in his Massachusetts home.