Certain vintages, especially with minting errors, may be worth thousands. You can see the NGC price guide here. But headlines about super-valuable "Lincoln wheat pennies" stretch the imagination.

With coins, supplies are limited either because they are very old, were minted in very limited supplies, or contain errors or other distinctive features that set them apart. Errors are common ...

Brits have been urged to keep an eye out for an obvious error on a 2p coin that could make it extremely valuable. This ...

These £2 coins could fetch more than £1,600 if they feature some specific errors. As with most collectables, the rarer a coin is, the more it is typically worth to collectors. In the case of ...