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 ...

Will your old pennies be more valuable now that the government has stopped making them? You shouldn't bank on it.

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 ...

The 1943 steel penny remains one of the most famous coins in U.S. numismatic history. With copper required for World War II military equipment, the United States Mint experimented with alternative ...

YAHOO.COM - A 1943 Lincoln penny that soared in value because it was made from the "wrong" material reportedly has sold for $1 million. The penny was erroneously made of bronze instead of zinc-coated ...

In 1947, a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, teenager found one of the rarest coins in circulation in his lunch change. Don Lutes Jr. was 16 when he found a 1943 Lincoln penny, one of the few made in copper.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. Don Lutes Jr. kept the 1943 copper penny he ...