(WAVY) — Could you have a penny worth way more than one ... copper cent. In 1982, they changed the composition from copper to zinc. And so the 83s are zinc.” Besides finding an old coin ...

Only Congress has the power to do that, but what would happen if the United States got rid of the one-cent coin? The U.S. Mint said it lost $85.3 million last year minting 3.2 billion new pennies.

You don’t need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed ... around your house could far exceed their face value of one cent. Let’s take a deeper dive into the world of pretty pennies.