You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

Additionally, 1909 was the first year of the Lincoln Cent’s production after it replaced the Indian Head penny. Its rarity and historical significance make it one of the most valuable pennies.

Most Lincoln wheat pennies are not super-valuable and are worth just a few cents more than 1 cent. However, some may escalate into the hundreds of dollars, depending on the condition and when minted.

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But headlines about super-valuable "Lincoln wheat pennies" stretch the imagination. Most likely, the headlines are created by artificial intelligence to drive traffic to a website, Feigenbaum said.

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

Most Lincoln wheat pennies are not super-valuable and are worth just a few cents more than 1 cent. However, some may escalate into the hundreds of dollars, depending on the condition and when minted.

But headlines about super-valuable "Lincoln wheat pennies" stretch the imagination. Most likely, the headlines are created by artificial intelligence to drive traffic to a website, Feigenbaum said.

Like VDB, who struck his initials on the bottom of Lincoln pennies, the designer of the Indian Head — James Longacre –started slipping an L for his last name on the ribbon toward the end of 1964.

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 ...