Penny for your thoughts? Or maybe they are worth a nickel now that the Treasury Department is following President Donald Trump's suggestion to stop making pennies. Last month, the Treasury ...

But former President Biden probably put the final nail in the coin’s coffin with his spending spree that cut the value of a penny by 21% in four years. Today the purchasing power of 10 pennies ...

More than it is worth. The currency that is only worth 1 cent costs about 3.7 cents to produce in fiscal year 2024, according to the U.S. Mint's annual report. A nickel costs about 13.8 cents to make.

1943 Copper Penny: Almost all 1943 pennies were made of zinc-coated steel, but a few copper versions were mistakenly minted. These pennies are scarce and can be worth up to $85,000. 1955 Doubled ...

What if you find a 1983 penny with no doubling but also without a mint mark? Depending on the condition, those could be worth anywhere from $1-$2 to - you guessed it - 1 cent.

As it was, the $5,136 worth of pennies took five hours for Origin Bank in Ruston, Louisiana, to count and process. Otha Anders has collected over half a million pennies during the last 45 years.