Rare pennies are worth real money, especially if they are uncirculated or in good condition. Here are a few key takeaways: The United States Mint only releases a certain amount of pennies annually.

President Donald Trump talks of big change in his second term of office. But he’s not forgetting small change.

This has happened a lot in America over the past 250 or so years, with coins coming and going — sometimes in only a couple of years. For collectors, extinction can help push coin values up into ...