You never know when you might come across a valuable error coin, so it helps to know what to look for. Error coins can be divided into the following general ...

The president's halt on "wasteful" penny production could cause the value of the rarest one-cent coins to surge.

This is what bullish collectors hope to see if production stops in the U.S. Evans referenced coins with errors on them or coins with significant dates that might see a big increase in value.

There used to be a saying — “pennies make dimes and dimes make dollars” — that stressed the importance of saving your money (the phrase later showed up in a country song). Today, some ...

Another highly prized wheat penny is the 1909-S VDB penny. This coin carries the initials VDB, which stand for the designer Victor David Brenner, on the reverse side. The 1909-S VDB is scarce, as ...