Let’s see … is this one a 1943 “D bronze” worth upwards of $2.3 million? No, dang it. How ’bout a 1958 “double-die obverse” ($1.1 million)? Nope. Maybe a 1969 “S double-die obverse” ($126,500)? Nada.

A childhood rhyme goes a little something like this: “Find a penny, pick it up ... been reported that were struck in 1969 at the San Francisco Mint. These rare coins come with a distinctive ...