It may be surprising to discover that those old coins tucked away in your grandma's attic could be valuable treasures. For ...

There's a marketplace for coin enthusiasts to buy and sell rare coins, where you could make some decent money if you find one ...

Most pennies today have little value, but those from the early American colonies can sell for thousands of dollars. In 2010, ...

"Only a few Lincoln cents dated 1909 to 1958 with the wheat stalks design on the back ("wheat pennies") have sold for $1 million or more." The most valuable U.S. coin ever, a $20 gold piece, a 1933 ...

The current penny in production, expected to finish in early 2026, is made of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper and costs 3.69 cents to make, far exceeding its value. However, the penny has gone through ...

“The 2001-D Lincoln cent mule falls in the category of Mint errors that conceivably could have been produced by mistake and released unnoticed into circulation,” CoinWeek reported.

The average jar yields $58 in buying power. Most of us don’t realize how much our coins are worth. Thus, a trip to a coin-exchange kiosk (or a bank, or credit union) can yield a pleasant surprise.

Read about all four coins in the Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Program at usmint.gov. When will the U.S. Treasury Department stop making pennies? The federal government made its final order of ...

The Illinois coin shows Lincoln standing outside the Illinois statehouse. Lincoln was a member of the Illinois General Assembly after his election in 1834, according to the U.S. Mint website.

Read about all four coins in the Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Program at usmint.gov. When will the U.S. Treasury Department stop making pennies? The federal government made its final order of ...

According to a GoBankingRates report, this mistakenly produced coin was struck at the Denver Mint and has Abraham Lincoln’s face on the front, like any other penny, but the reverse side is where ...

The most valuable pennies, which are rare but possibly still in circulation, are 1943 copper Lincoln wheat pennies, a few of which were produced accidentally as the U.S. mints were supposed to use ...