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 ...

Among these, the 1943-S Wheat Penny, minted in San Francisco, is one of the most sought-after coins in numismatics.

If you have any 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 zinc to copper ...

The US could ditch the penny: What happened when Canada did it ... from the 1909 series sold for $99,000 at auction. Some wheat pennies have gone for far more. One, minted in Denver in 1943, sold for ...

Which brings us back to the fact that ... 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 ...

A similar “problem-free” 1943 penny went for $264,000 ... $2 bills: Why does the US still print the rarely-used currency? Does that mean your stash of wheat pennies is about to make you ...

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 ...