You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

The 1943 Lincoln copper penny is made of 95% copper and 5% tin and Zinc. The weight is 3.11 grams, and the diameter is 19 millimeters. Because of its extreme rarity, the 1943 Lincoln copper penny ...

While many of the most valuable coins aren’t in circulation anymore, there are still millions of coins changing hands every ...

Sometimes, a lot of value. If you’re living on a fixed income ... Coming in at No. 2 on the Coin Trackers list, the 1943 Copper Penny could net you up to $250,000, depending on its condition.

Most 1943 steel pennies are worth just a few cents in average condition ... the United States needed to conserve copper for the production of shell casings and munitions, which led to the decision ...

In 1943, copper and nickel were needed for the Allied war effort, so most pennies from this era were ... sold for more than $10 million in 2013. Worth upwards of $126,500 in near-perfect condition ...

A copper penny appears to turn to silver after heating in an evaporating dish with a mixture. The penny then appears to turn to gold when heated in a flame. Heat causes a fusion of zinc and copper to ...

A copper penny is heated and suspended above the surface of acetone in a beaker. The copper demonstrates heterogenous catalysis in the combustion of acetone to carbon dioxide and water. This exotherm ...

Designed by Victor D. Brenner, this is one of the highest-value pennies in circulation today. During World War II, pennies were made of steel to save copper for the war effort. However ...