Want to know what the most valuable pennies are? At Coin Values, we are always staying on top of the latest changes in coin prices, and we have a list of the top 25 most valuable pennies. Small cents, by the way, are 19.1millimeterdiameter pennies that have been produced by theUnited...
While pennies were normally made of copper and nickel, the U.S. needed those metals for war efforts, so the mint started using steel to produce the coin. But it mistakenly still struck a batch of pennies with copper, potentially because blanks remained in the press when the mint began maki...
Details To Look For On Your 1975 Dimes This rare (some would say elusive) 1975 Roosevelt dime does NOT contain an “S”mintmark. But here’s the kicker… If you’ve found a no-S 1975 Roosevelt dime in yourpocket change, there’s a 99.9% chance it isn’t the rare dime that’s th...
Often capped with an eagle, these gilt-framed bull's eye mirrors are a popular patriotic motif for the US as a then-newly independent country. It's also believed that the 13 balls around the edge symbolize the 13 original colonies. Alamy Stock Photo by MET/BOT These ...
for a way to stop the spread of this disease, and they decided nutmeg held the cure. Everybody wanted nutmeg, and many were willing to spare no expense to have it. Nutmeg bought for a few pennies in Indonesia could be sold for 68,000 times its original cost on the streets of London...