The 1943 penny errors represent some of the most fascinating and valuable mistakes in American numismatics. During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched from copper to ...

Investing in the 1943 Steel Penny is like uncovering a small, silvery relic from America’s World War II era—where necessity turned copper into steel and created one of the most distinctive coins in ...

That cluttered junk drawer or old coffee can of change could be hiding a serious payday. Rare pennies from the 1940s, early ...

If you’re like most of us, you don’t assume your coins will be worth a lot of money. At least, not more than 25 cents. But because coins have been minted in this nation for a long time, and because ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A rare 1943 copper penny is expected to be ...

ORLANDO (CBSMiami/CNN) -- A rare penny that was found in a teen's cafeteria change in 1947 was auctioned off Thursday in Florida for a pretty penny. The coin, mistakenly minted in copper in 1943, ...

Don Lutes Jr. kept the 1943 copper penny he stumbled upon in his high school cafeteria seven decades ago in a safe behind a wall in his Massachusetts home. All US pennies were supposed to be made of ...