You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or pennies. However, you may not be aware of the potential fortune you ...

You might be carrying a hidden fortune in your pocket without even realizing it. Some coins that appear to be ordinary spare ...

You might think the end of penny production would make the coins rare and valuable, but not so fast, warned John Haas, owner ...

The Trump administration has announced plans to discontinue minting new pennies, citing the cost of producing the 1- cent coins in relation to their value and importance in the U.S. currency system.

The penny, which costs more to make than it's worth, will be going away. ... But there's not much outrage about the Lincoln head penny being taken off the market.

The U.S. Mint won’t make any more pennies after early 2026. With at least 114 billion pennies still in circulation, will ...

Depending on their condition, those 1943 Lincoln wheat pennies would be worth at most between $100,000 and $250,000, Feigenbaum told USA TODAY.

One penny, the 1943 D Lincoln Wheat Cent, is worth $2.4 million in mint uncirculated condition, according to USA Coin Book. This penny is one of the highest-value pennies. Pennies can be exchanged ...

Most Lincoln wheat pennies are not super-valuable and are worth just a few cents more than one cent. However, some may escalate into the hundreds of dollars, depending on the condition and when ...

In fiscal year 2024, it took 3.7 cents to produce and distribute one penny, according to the 2024 U.S. Mint report.The 2024 cost was up by 20% from the previous year, according to the report.

"Really, the only pennies we see around here worth significant value are the 1909 VBD-S pennies," Haas said. Those pennies were made to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's centennial birthday.

The Flying Eagle cent may not be as rare as the 1943 Lincoln cents, but they are still worth more than six figures. ... 8. 1864 Indian Head Penny “L” on Ribbon — $161,000.