These valuable wheat pennies are rare ... left over from 1943 and used in 1944. The steel Philadelphia minted pennies from ...

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

During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched to zinc-coated steel pennies ... exceptionally rare. Among these, the 1943-S Wheat Penny, minted in San Francisco, is one of the most sought-after ...

The 1922 No D Lincoln penny is by far the most valuable ... 1924-S wheat penny could be valued anywhere between $500 to $12,000. In 1943, the U.S. switched to zinc-coated steel to help save ...

In the early 1940s, the U.S. used zinc-coated steel instead of copper to make pennies because the latter was needed for World War II. Today, wheat pennies are considered the most commonly ...

There are rare pennies out there that are worth serious money, and you might actually have one. The odds aren’t great—but ...

Find Out: These 11 Rare ... 1943 wheat pennies, it’s worth taking them to a coin dealer to see how much you might get for them. This penny somehow missed the 1944 transition from steel-coated ...