Check Your Change — A Lincoln Penny Worth $336,000 Might Be Sitting There

The 1943 Bronze Lincoln Cent remains one of the most fascinating error coins in American history, a product of chance during the chaos of World War II. In 1943, the U.S. Mint switched from bronze to zinc-coated steel cents to save copper for the war effort.

Amid the transition, a few leftover bronze planchets from 1942 were mistakenly left in the minting continue reading …