It seems odd that a story headlined, “Does a business have to accept coins?” would totally fail to answer that question. I have no doubt it’s true, as the writer suggests, that “If a ...

Don’t bother me right now. I’m busy inspecting this pile of pennies to boost my retirement income. Let’s see … is this one a 1943 “D bronze” worth upwards of $2.3 million?

“We did the Indian Head penny from 1859 until 1909 when the famous Lincoln penny—there’s just a little pile of me here—the wheat back, they’re all made of copper,” Welsh explained.

You have a jar of coins that isn’t worth much—if you take them to your bank or a Coinstar machine. But if you’ve got some older coins mixed in there, it could be worth a little more than you ...