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

A penny saved is a penny … urned? The possible impending death of the penny has piggy banks, give-a-penny-take-a-penny jars, ...

McCOOK, Neb. - On Nov. 22, 2024, I received my first letter about my coin articles. The kind gentleman that sent this letter gave me some of the oldest coins I have in my collection. He gave me a ...

People found the smaller cent easier to use. The new cents showed a flying eagle on the front and a wreath on the back. In 1909, Abraham Lincoln became the first real person on a U.S. circulating ...

The site shows an uncirculated 1856 Flying Eagle could fetch $14,500. An uncirculated 1877 Indian Head Penny could get you up to $3,000. Large cent coins, created from 1793 to 1857, have the potential ...

In 1857, the penny’s size was taken down a notch and changed to a copper-nickel alloy known as the Flying Eagle cent. This was quickly replaced by the well-known Indian Head cent — long a ...