11.1969-S Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Penny – $126,500 1969-S doubled die penny is one of the rarest Lincoln cents. As of July 2011, PCGS has authenticated only 31 of these Lincoln cents, including all of their brown (BN), Reddish Brown (RB), and Red (RD) pieces. The highest bid...
1944 Steel Lincoln Wheat Penny, $125,000– It’s believed that a similar story behind the creation of the 1943 copper cent is also what led to minting of the1944 steel penny; blank steel centplanchetsfrom 1943 that were hiding away in the coining presses wound up getting stamped with the...
19.1923 Canada Cent Circulated Red-Brown King George V Canadian Penny By the 2010s, it cost 1.6 cents to make a penny (worth 1 cent) so they killed off the coin. While no Canadian pennies have been minted since then, it’s still technically legal tender. But there’s hardly any demand...
Here is another penny (actually 3 pennies) to look out for. The 1998, 1999, and 2000 Lincoln pennies have a variety known as the “Wide AM Reverse”. The AM in “America” is separated in the Wide variety, with the letter M centered between the A and E. ...
2000-P Nickel Struck on 1978 Penny— How does something like this even happen? I have my speculations that this was more than an innocent mishap. A 1978 Lincoln penny somehow wound up on a Philadelphia nickel press in 2000, and this resulting piece was spat out. I’ll leave the rest of...
What Makes a Penny Worth a Down Payment on a House? BBCOINSINC via YouTube / Canva It's all about the details. Over one hundred years ago, in 1909, the first year theLincolnpenny was minted, some special editions were emblazoned with the initials coins designer Victor David Brenner, "V...