Expensive Pennies
Here is a cool list that details the top 25 most valuable pennies ever minted in the United States of America (updated: 2021). These coin values / worth's are not based off common errors like double dies, but rather coins that were issued into circulation as is. Check out the list below, some of these old coins are worth a ton of money.
- 1.) 1944 Steel Wheat Penny - Worth $110,334
- 2.) 1943 Copper Wheat Penny - Worth $85,782
- 3.) 1856 Flying Eagle Penny - Worth $25,000
- 4.) 1873 Indian Head Penny - Worth $10,000
- 5.) 1858 Flying Eagle Penny - Worth $10,000
- 6.) 1857 Flying Eagle Penny - Worth $7,000
- 7.) 1914 D Wheat Penny - Worth $5,500
- 8.) 1922 D Wheat Penny - Worth $5,000
- 9.) 1877 Indian Head Penny - Worth $3,200
- 10.) 1926 Wheat Penny - Worth $3,000
- 11.) 1909 S Indian Head Penny - Worth $2,250
- 12.) 1909 S Vdb Wheat Penny - Worth $2,200
- 13.) 1925 S Wheat Penny - Worth $1,800
- 14.) 1914 S Wheat Penny - Worth $1,500
- 15.) 1924 S Wheat Penny - Worth $1,500
- 16.) 1872 Indian Head Penny - Worth $1,350
- 17.) 1915 S Wheat Penny - Worth $1,200
- 18.) 1924 D Wheat Penny - Worth $1,200
- 19.) 1923 Wheat Penny - Worth $1,000
- 20.) 1927 Wheat Penny - Worth $1,000
- 21.) 1870 Indian Head Penny - Worth $1,000
- 22.) 1918 D Wheat Penny - Worth $900
- 23.) 1920 S Wheat Penny - Worth $900
- 24.) 1871 Indian Head Penny - Worth $875
- 25.) 1921 S Wheat Penny - Worth $850
USA Coin Book has compiled a list of the most valuable US pennies ever known. For this list, we are only including small cents: Flying Eagle Cents, Indian Head Pennies, Lincoln Wheat Pennies, Lincoln Memorial Cents, and Lincoln Shield Cents. In addition, we are NOT factoring in the prices for Proof versions of these pennies (unless the Proof version is an error coin or an unusual variety). Some pennies are worth one cent, and other pennies are worth millions of dollars. I went and compiled a list of the 12 most expensive small size pennies in U.
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The 1943 copper-alloy cent is one of the most enigmatic coins in American numismatics — and reportedly the most valuable Lincoln penny of all. Just 40 of the coins — probably created by accident, on copper-alloy one-cent blanks left in the presses in the wartime years when pennies were converted to steel — are known to exist. The first 1943 copper cent was sold in 1958 for more than $40,000. In 1996, another went for a whopping $82,500. But those sales pale in comparison with the latest: this week, a dealer in New Jersey sold his 1943 penny for a staggering $1.7 million. Their collection value makes 1943 copper pennies a prime target for counterfeiters: fakes are often made by coating steel cents with copper or altering the dates of 1945, 1948 and 1949 cents. How can you tell if your 1943 copper penny is real? Use a magnet. If the penny sticks, it's not copper. Better luck next time.
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