The 1943 penny. Only 40 are known in existence. The price for these pennies can go over 5 million and probably more.
Update and correctionThe above answer refers to a group of 1943 BRONZE American cents minted by accident. Over a billion STEEL cents were minted that year and these are only worth a quarter to a dollar depending on condition.The most expensive 1943 bronze cents are those struck at Denver. These are the champions among all US cents with a retail value just under $2 million (rather than 5) for a top quality specimen as of 09/2011/
1.7 Million dollars, that was what a collector recently paid for a 1943 copper penny made at the Denver mint, the only known 1943 copper penny struck there (keep in mind that the 1943 pennies were struck in steel, the copper 1943 pennies are errors).
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The most valuable ones are the 1943 copper penny, and the even more rare 1944 steel penny.
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1943 copper penny
A penny... turns up like a bad penny.A penny saved is a penny earnedA penny for your thoughts.A penny's cheap for what you need, for what you don't, it's dear (expensive)That costs a pretty penny
The phrase means that something is very expensive. The origin comes from a gold penny that was minted in the 1200's that was worth 20 silver pennies. Because it was gold, it was a pretty penny, and if it cost a pretty penny, it was expensive indeed.
To say something costs a 'pretty penny' is to mean the item is expensive
12,000 million dollars
This is just an imaginative way of saying that something is expensive - it's not just worth a penny, the penny has to be pretty on top of it!
It means to be expensive or to cost alot. For example: My dress cost a pretty penny.
The most expensive Canadian cent is the 1936 DOT, it sold at auction for $402,000 and there are only 3 known. I will add a link to the auction when it sold in January.
1.7 Million dollars, that was what a collector recently paid for a 1943 copper penny made at the Denver mint, the only known 1943 copper penny struck there (keep in mind that the 1943 pennies were struck in steel, the copper 1943 pennies are errors).
No. They were hand built, very expensive and not very practical.
pretty pricey, but it worth every penny :)
What penny! :) Ebay most likely. Put on the description "lucky penny"