A rare 1943 Lincoln Wheat penny struck in bronze instead of the standard wartime steel has sold for extraordinary sums, with top specimens valued over $1 million. These coins were created when ...

It looks like just a penny. But depending on what it's made of, that small coin sitting in your change jar could be worth anywhere from a few cents to well over a million dollars. The 1943 penny is ...

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Correction: This story and headline have been updated to remove an incorrect estimate of the possible selling price. The auction house estimate was $170,000, not $1 million. A rare coin a teen ...

This classic coin (penny) series (1909 to 1958) was designed by Victor D. Brenner, whose initials (V.D.B.) were included on the reverse side of the first year of issue. The VDB was removed after some ...