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

Bottom line: All 1944 pennies were supposed to be created from copper or bronze instead of steel for this one year during WWII. But a few zinc-coated steel planchets were left over from 1943 and used ...

A prominent example of a one-cent coin that has acquired significant value as a result of a production flaw is the 1943 bronze Lincoln cent. Indeed, it has been dubbed by Heritage Auctions ...

Let’s face it: Pennies are an annoyance to many Americans. Their main value as a currency is to help provide exact change, and most wind up in a drawer or jar and quickly forgotten about.

‘This intriguing proof coin is the rarest proof penny of the entire series of copper and bronze pennies. This is another example of a one penny coin, this one from 1945 (Picture: Getty ...

During World War II, pennies were made of steel to save copper for the war effort. However, a few were mistakenly made of bronze, and these are extremely rare and valuable. Made of 95% copper and ...