A penny.
A 1944 copper misprint wheat penny is worth 1,000,000 dollars.
1943. In 1943, to save copper for the war effort pennies were struck in zinc coated steel, however some copper blanks made their way into the press and were struck by accident, there are only a handful of known genuine examples of a copper 1943 penny and they can be worth in excess of 1 million dollars. However, steel 1943 pennies are incredibly common and are worth about 5 cents in circulated condition or a buck or two if uncirculated. An easy way to check if you have a steel or a copper penny is to hold a magnet up to it, the magnet will stick to the steel penny and not the copper penny.
About $3
It's worth about 2 cents for the copper.
A penny.
1963 COPPER penny is worth half a billion dollars.
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).
Only the two dozen or so that were accidentally struck in copper. The billion-plus ones struck in steel are only worth a quarter or so.
A 1944 copper misprint wheat penny is worth 1,000,000 dollars.
1943. In 1943, to save copper for the war effort pennies were struck in zinc coated steel, however some copper blanks made their way into the press and were struck by accident, there are only a handful of known genuine examples of a copper 1943 penny and they can be worth in excess of 1 million dollars. However, steel 1943 pennies are incredibly common and are worth about 5 cents in circulated condition or a buck or two if uncirculated. An easy way to check if you have a steel or a copper penny is to hold a magnet up to it, the magnet will stick to the steel penny and not the copper penny.
A 1942 wheat penny is worth 2 cents for the copper.
It's worth 2 cents for the copper.
About $3
It's worth about 2 cents for the copper.
The coins are technically illegal to own, but if found their value would likely be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.The Mint proposed changing the cent's composition to aluminum because the price of copper had risen to the point where a cent contained more than a penny's worth of that metal. Well over a million aluminum cents were struck in anticipation of a full production run, but the price of copper fell and all aluminum cents were to have been destroyed. However many of them had also been distributed to members of Congress for their approval and not all were returned.There's much more information at the Related Link.
The coins are technically illegal to own, but if found their value would likely be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.The Mint proposed changing the cent's composition to aluminum because the price of copper had risen to the point where a cent contained more than a penny's worth of that metal. Well over a million aluminum cents were struck in anticipation of a full production run, but the price of copper fell and all aluminum cents were to have been destroyed. However many of them had also been distributed to members of Congress for their approval and not all were returned.There's much more information at the Related Link.