In 1943, approximately 40 pennies were mistakenly struck, making them among the rarest coins you'll find today. Here's why they're so special.

Rare 1943 bronze penny sold for $200,000 Heritage Auctions, HA.com Heritage Auctions says Don Lutes Jr., of Pittsfield, was 16 when he found the coin in change he received at his school cafeteria ...

Rare 1943 bronze penny Heritage Auctions, HA.com Those bronze planchets then fed into the coin press, leading to the creation of several coins that were "lost in the flood of millions of 'steel ...

After a rare 1943 penny sold for more than $200,000, people are reaching out to see if their coins are worth anything.

That’s because they’re mostly made from copper. If you have a penny from 1943, however, it might be silver instead of copper. In 1943, the United States was embroiled in World War II.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A rare penny found in the school lunch change of a 16-year-old boy that was expected to sell for millions sold for less—a lot less, according to CBS News. The 1943 penny is one ...

The 1943 steel penny is still pretty valuable (sometimes worth $1,000 or more), but it's the pennies accidentally struck on bronze that are worth the most. The only one known to exist from the ...

According to Al.com, “a 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny sold for $1.7 million in 2010 but is valued at $2.3 million in uncirculated mint condition.” ...

Max Jaeger Published Jan. 10, 2019 Updated Jan. 28, 2019, 6:21 p.m. ET The rare 1943 penny, accidentally minted on copper, not steel, that year Heritage Auctions ...

You would usually toss a penny, but one man's one-cent coin may have a million reasons why it's worth holding on to. Don Lutes, Jr., of Massachusetts, found a rare 1943 Lincoln penny in his change ...

The 1943 Lincoln penny is one of 15 zinc-coated copper pennies to have been minted during World War II. He asked the U.S. Department of the Treasury about it, only to be told it was fraudulent.

The 1943 steel penny is still pretty valuable (sometimes worth $1,000 or more), but it's the pennies accidentally struck on bronze that are worth the most. The only one known to exist from the ...