CHECK YOUR PENNIES ! - the 2015 list of the 25 Most Valuable US Pennies...

[T.C.]

Got it....thanks ARC1!!

 

[vineyard2015]

Why is the Lincoln 2008 D penny worth $1200? or rather any 2000 year penny? It seems to be common

 

[Red James Cash]

I came across (got as change) a filled die mint error 2006 South Carolina quarter while in tnet fun camp.Pretty decent shape.you can barely make the date out,most lettering can only be seen by holding the quarter at an angle.The Palmetto state is there,the tree is there,the bird is there except for the shallow stamping of the tail.No trace of south carolina on it.Washington is there except for the tip of his nose.

 

[Higgy]

I got a rock.

I got rocks in my head.

 

[rginn]

Cool lists. You can find a lot of mint errors on Lincoln wheat cents from the late fifties. My Grandma claimed her dad send her to the store to buy tobacco with a 1913 V nickel. She found out what it was worth years later. Maybe so. My most interesting coin is a 1944 Henning counterfeit nickel. Not worth much, but just cool to have.

 

[MPH200]

Cool lists. You can find a lot of mint errors on Lincoln wheat cents from the late fifties. My Grandma claimed her dad send her to the store to buy tobacco with a 1913 V nickel. She found out what it was worth years later. Maybe so. My most interesting coin is a 1944 Henning counterfeit nickel. Not worth much, but just cool to have.

I doubt she had one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Liberty_Head_nickel

 

[Frankn]

Now you tell my. I just dumped $27 worth into Coinstar. No wheats though! No steels either. Frank

 

[Limitool]

Here is a cool list that details the top 25 most valuable pennies ever minted in the United States of America (updated: 2015). These coin values / worth's are not based off common errors like double dies, but rather coins that were issued into circulation as is. Check out the list below, some of these coins are worth a ton of money.

1.) Steel Wheat Penny1944 Steel Wheat Penny - Worth $110,334
2.) Copper Wheat Penny1943 Copper Wheat Penny - Worth $85,782
3.) Indian Head Penny1873 Indian Head Penny - Worth $10,000
4.) Wheat Penny1914 D Wheat Penny - Worth $4,268
5.) Indian Head Penny1877 Indian Head Penny - Worth $3,200
6.) Vdb Wheat Penny1909 S Vdb Wheat Penny - Worth $2,479
7.) Indian Head Penny1872 Indian Head Penny - Worth $1,350
8.) Lincoln Penny2007 Lincoln Penny - Worth $1,300
9.) Lincoln Penny2008 D Lincoln Penny - Worth $1,200
10.) Lincoln Penny2007 D Lincoln Penny - Worth $1,100
11.) Indian Head Penny1870 Indian Head Penny - Worth $1,000
12.) Indian Head Penny1871 Indian Head Penny - Worth $875
13.) Wheat Penny1923 Wheat Penny - Worth $750
14.) Indian Head Penny1869 Indian Head Penny - Worth $750
15.) Wheat Penny1914 S Wheat Penny - Worth $673
16.) Indian Head Penny1864 Indian Head Penny - Worth $650
17.) Wheat Penny1924 S Wheat Penny - Worth $485
18.) Wheat Penny1924 Wheat Penny - Worth $450
19.) Indian Head Penny1861 Indian Head Penny - Worth $450
20.) Indian Head Penny1867 Indian Head Penny - Worth $440
21.) Wheat Penny1909 S Wheat Penny - Worth $429
22.) Indian Head Penny1876 Indian Head Penny - Worth $415
23.) Wheat Penny1927 Wheat Penny - Worth $345
24.) Wheat Penny1911 S Wheat Penny - Worth $343
25.) Wheat Penny1915 S Wheat Penny - Worth $320

Ok.... What's the catch here. I have a lot of the highlighted ones above...? 21 to be exact

13.) 1923 - 5
18.) 1924 - 3
23.) 1927 - 14

What am I missing here? I probably have others also if I checked all the books stacked up.

 

[ARC]

the 1923...
For example...
average condition will be valued at somewhere around 75 cents, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $750 at auction.

 

[ARC]

Limit...
Go here and have fun looking them all up...

Coin Values | CoinTrackers.com

 

[TheHunterGT]

I'm pretty new to the coin stuff....it boggles my mind that the value can raise so sharply from pretty good to perfect (sorry I don't know grades yet) I'm positive I have some of these as I have jars of change my father gave me after my grandfather passed a few years back. Obviously not mint but perhaps worth something more than face value.

 

[mammoth29]

FYI- Cointrackers is a joke when it comes to pricing coins.

 

[Limitool]

the 1923...
For example...
average condition will be valued at somewhere around 75 cents, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $750 at auction.

Well hell... I got many penny coins that if they were in "certified mint state" would dwarf the 1923 mint coin. The list is a bit deceiving with no disclaimers.

What's up with all the 1927's being worth so much @ $335.00 ea.? Maybe the same thing?

Hey AARC... I spent a lot of time looking up a lot of coins based on the penny list you posted and found MANY worth a lot more that weren't on the list. But I did learn a lot... Thanks.

 

[ARC]

FYI- Cointrackers is a joke when it comes to pricing coins.

Well its a good starting point.
Especially for newbs to coins...

Got any better suggestions ?

 

[AndrewCampbell]

That's one long list of valuable pennies! Not that I ever expect to see any of these in my lifetime unless it's at a coin museum of course haha! Now I'd really like to know if anybody on the forum here has ever had any of these in possession, or FOUND for that matter! Spam pictures of these so the rest of us can dream about owning one of them ourselves!

 

[toadspaghetti]

I have a galvanized steel slug.... AND a really wadded up gum wrapper.

 

[BARKER]

Hi Folks; I believe AARC has listed these coins in Mint State Condition ok. If it is not Mint State they are worth CONSIDERABLY less ok. There are other factors that need to be checked as well. Such as corrosion, scratches, cleaning etc.. If you believe you have one of these coins then by all means have it checked by a REPUTABLE DEALER ok. Then you will truly know ok.
Here are some AARC missed :

1972 Lincoln Cent - Double Die - Obverse
1983 Lincoln Cent - Double Die - Reverse
1984 Lincoln Cent - Double Die - Ear
1995 Lincoln Cent - Double Die - Liberty (obverse)

These are just a few examples ok. The best book listing Officially Recognized Mint Errors is the R.S. Yeoman Red Book ok.
Happy Hunting. PEACE:RONB