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

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

The most expensive Lincoln Penny ever sold was the 1943 Bronze Wheat Penny, which went for a whopping $1.7 million at auction in 2010. Coin values fluctuate. Only a few ultra-valuable coins remain ...

A coin in average condition is only around $4, but a mint-condition 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 ...

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 at auction earlier this year, Heritage Auctions previously announced. Another wheat penny from 1944 — made entirely of steel ...

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 ...