The combination of "copper" and "penny" might not seem like the best formula for valuable coins considering that you can find higher denominations in gold and silver. But finding the right copper ...

If you have any 1943 wheat pennies, it’s worth taking them to a coin dealer to see how much you might get for them. This penny somehow missed the 1944 transition from steel-coated zinc to copper ...

Let’s see … is this one a 1943 “D bronze” worth upwards of $2.3 million ... Not even a ho-hum 1982 “double-struck” ($600)? Ixnay. Well, poot. There goes my hope for a windfall.