{"id":1819,"date":"2024-11-27T08:43:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2024-11-27T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:43:37","slug":"5-copper-coins-worth-a-lot-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/5-copper-coins-worth-a-lot-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Copper Coins Worth a Lot of Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>he combination of \u201ccopper\u201d and \u201cpenny\u201d might not seem like the best formula for\u00a0valuable coins\u00a0considering that you can find higher denominations in gold and silver. But finding the right copper coin\u00a0could make you a millionaire.<\/p>\n

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1943 Wheat Penny (Bronze Cent Strike)<\/h3>\n

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The CoinValue website calls this the \u201crarest and most valuable wheat penny with an error.\u201d It holds the record for the most expensive sale among wheat pennies at $1.7 million, though it is\u00a0valued at $2.3 million\u00a0in uncirculated mint condition. Most can be bought and sold for anywhere from $14,000 to $300,000.<\/p>\n

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1982-D Lincoln Penny (Copper Small Date)<\/h3>\n

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This is a rare coin for a couple of reasons. First, it contains errors involving numbers. Second, it was not supposed to be minted with copper in 1982, but there were \u201cleftover copper planchets\u201d that the U.S. Mint struck with zinc to create the error, according to CoinValue. Prices range from $10,000 to $30,000 and more.<\/p>\n

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1909-S VDB Lincoln Penny<\/h3>\n

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In 1909, the U.S. Mint replaced the Indian Head penny with the Lincoln cent, according to The Spruce Crafts. Slightly less than 500,000 of these pennies were minted before the Treasury Department \u201cdemanded that the initials be removed,\u201d \u2014 the initials of designer Victor David Brenner (VDB) between the two wheat stalks \u2014 which created heavy demand among collectors. This penny is currently valued at more than $117,000 in top condition.<\/p>\n

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1872 Indian Head Penny<\/h3>\n

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Slightly more than 4 million were minted and most went into circulation. What makes certain coins of this date rare is their \u201cexceptional condition,\u201d according to The Spruce Crafts. Some of the more valuable examples are so well preserved you can still see the original bright red-copper color. These coins are valued at $126,500 and in particularly excellent condition (the price listed is for an MS-67, or high mint state, for example).<\/p>\n

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1969-S Lincoln Penny-Doubled Die Obverse<\/h3>\n

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Here is another coin valued at $126,500 (at least, in MS-64 condition) \u2014 and most of that value is due to doubling on the date and lettering on the obverse. The errors were first discovered in 1970. The U.S. government at first believed these were counterfeit coins and began confiscating them, The Spruce Crafts noted. Five coins were confiscated and destroyed before they were acknowledged as genuine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The combination of \u201ccopper\u201d and \u201cpenny\u201d might not seem like the best formula for\u00a0valuable coins\u00a0considering that you can find higher denominations in gold and silver. But finding the right copper coin\u00a0could make you a millionaire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1821,"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions\/1821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}