Certain pennies are more valuable than others. A copper penny from 1943 is valuable. At this time, steel was used to make pennies instead of copper because copper was needed for the war effort.

An example is the 1943 copper Lincoln penny, which was mistakenly minted during a World War II copper shortage and today is worth as much as $1 million. But there are also lesser-known coins that ...

as it was mistakenly struck at the Denver Mint on a bronze planchet, but other versions of the coin may sell for $100,000 and up. If you have any 1943 wheat pennies, it’s worth taking them to a ...

Some rare coins have reached a certain level of fame because of their backstories. An example is the 1943 copper Lincoln penny, which was mistakenly minted during a World War II copper shortage and ...