These pennies are rare and therefore can be worth more than one cent -- in some cases, much more so. Here's what to know if ...

Coin collectors and opportunists alike are searching their wallets and piggy banks for a specific 1982 Lincoln penny.

Since the government first started to circulate pennies, it has minted more than 300 billion, and today, we have about 150 billion in circulation. You could circle the Earth with them 137 times.