Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck -- potentially in the form of thousands of dollars. Pennies are everywhere. While most aren't worth much more than, well, a ...

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

You've probably seen the oldest Lincoln pennies, the ones sometimes called wheaties, with the two sheafs of wheat on the back. Although they have a face value of only one cent, the most valuable ...

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

A similar “problem-free” 1943 penny went for $264,000 at auction earlier this year, Heritage Auctions previously announced. Another wheat penny from 1944 — made entirely of steel ...

if while sifting through your change jar you do come across a 1943 wheat penny, you take it to a coin dealer to check the value. GoBankingRates also said that the 1944-S Steel Wheat Penny could ...