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So, which pennies from over 20 years ago areworth a fair chunk of change?
A list of some interesting selections follows.
AsUSA Coin Book detailed, the 1943-D Lincoln Wheat Cent is actually an error coin.
Despite that, PCGS currently places a book value on this item of $1,050,000.
1856 Flying Eagle Cent
Theres certainly an interesting story behind this penny, asThe Spruce Crafts outlined.
Given the extremely low mintage, any of these coins is valuable uncirculated or otherwise.
However, an extremely well-preserved example, graded MS66,sold for $172,500 in 2004 via Heritage Auctions.
That represents just over $288,000 in todays currency.
Are Any More Common Pennies Valuable?
However, this process could be tedious.
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