OLD PENNIES VALUE CHART SERIES
Why so few? Actually, 1856 Flying Eagle pennies were made as a pattern coin, and while many of them circulated, the series wasn’t intended to be produced on a mass scale yet – not until 1857, anyway. It’s believed that less than 30 copper 1943 pennies exist from across all three mints ( Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco) operating at that time.ġ856 Flying Eagle penny, $12,850 – Only 2,000 examples of the Flying Eagle cents were ever made. coin collectors.ġ944 Steel Lincoln Wheat Penny, $125,000 – It’s believed that a similar story behind the creation of the 1943 copper cent is also what led to minting of the 1944 steel penny blank steel cent planchets from 1943 that were hiding away in the coining presses wound up getting stamped with the 1944 dies, and the result is a rarity that financially well-heeled coin collectors will pay hundreds of thousands to buy.ġ943 copper Lincoln Wheat Penny, $45,000 – A Philadelphia Mint version of the 1943 copper penny may not be worth quite as much as a San Francisco Mint or Denver Mint example in Extremely Fine grade on the Sheldon Grading Scale, but it’s a rare coin nevertheless.
OLD PENNIES VALUE CHART PROFESSIONAL
Whatever the origin of the 1943 copper pennies, they are considered by the Professional Coin Grading Service to be the “most desirable and valuable of all Mint errors” and are highly sought-after by U.S. Mint – perhaps a few leftover copper planchets from 1942 were stuck in the coining press system and struck with 1943 penny dies. The story behind copper 1943 Lincoln Pennies is presumed to be a pure accident at the U.S. Here’s a list of the top 25 most valuable pennies:ġ943-S copper Lincoln Wheat Penny, $185,000 – The 1943-S copper cent is the one of the most valuable small cents, with one example having sold for a cool $1 million at an auction in 2012. It’s possible these coins may be hiding in the basement, inside an attic box, or even inside your penny jar. Do you have any of these coins in your penny jar? It may be worth taking a look, because many of the most valuable pennies on this list were made in the 20th century.
Small cents, by the way, are 19.1 millimeter diameter pennies that have been produced by the United States Mint since 1856. Please send us pictures of what you have and we would be happy to make offers.Want to know what the most valuable pennies are? At Coin Values, we are always staying on top of the latest changes in coin prices, and we have a list of the top 25 most valuable pennies. We are very interested in buying rare and high grade cents. Our guides below have more specific information and values on a coin by coin basis. The rare coins to remember are the 1909-S VDB, 1914-D, and the 1922 no D. It was once an extremely popular past time for young collectors to try to assemble a complete year and mint mark collection of Wheat Cents found in change. Perhaps millions of kids in decades past worked on a Wheat Cent collection. Wheat Back Lincoln Cents (1909-1958) – The Wheat cent might be the single most collected coin in United States history. Just like with any other 1800s era coins, despite high mintages, high grade Indian Head cents can be worth hundreds of dollars. There are two very rare Indian Head cents to be aware of. Indian Head Cents (1859-1909) – This is an iconic design that is very popular with collectors. Despite that high mintage, both 18 flying eagle cents are valuable in mint state (but still very common in circulated grades). The 18 years both have mintages over 15 million coins. Only approximately 2,500 coins of that year were minted. The by far rarest coin from the group is the 1856 flying eagle cent. Because of the low face value, this has always been the easiest and most plentiful denomination for collectors to buy and hold for long period of times.įlying Eagle Cents (1856-1858) – This is just a three year series with five total varieties. These are of course the lowest denomination coins still in circulation, and that has been the case for well over 150 years. So cents is the term we will use from now on. However, collectors refer to pennies as cents. The general public still calls these coins pennies.
Our coin guide covers United States Flying, Indian Head, Wheat, and other Modern Lincoln cents.
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