A penny worth a million dollars?

Question

Has any body heard of the pennies that are worth a million dollars? I am trying to find out for a friend. Any information on the date of this penny and any other info is greathly appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

Below is the only information I could find:

"The 1943 penny is a real copper penny worth about $80,000.00. Though some of these dozen beauties have sold as low as $10,000 the highest price given is a recorded $112,500 as late as 1999. One would think the $80,000 valuation should be adjusted. Times changing as they are, these pennies might fetch many times the $112,500 price to a museum only a generation or two from now. This is the most valuable collectible penny you have a real chance of scoring in a search of any old pennies. Copper you ask? But weren't the 1943 pennies all steel and coated with zinc due to the need to save copper for the war effort? Yes all but the first 12 minted which were minted from the copper already in the machine. Follow me into the vast history of the 1943 "Copper" pennies.


Likely the first 1943 copper penny discovered was noted among a handful of pocket change around 1947. There was another discovery later that year which gained quite a bit of notoriety. The government in the form of the Philadelphia Mint denied there were any 1943 coppers as late as 1947. We're not certain there were only 12 but that there were about 12 copper 1943 pennies known to have been minted by accident, when copper blanks (from which pennies are pressed) were used which were unwittingly left in the press hopper when production started on the new pennies of zinc coated steel.


The rarest penny known to still exist in any form is the 1793. There are only four that we know of and that's why you are unlikely to ever find one, unless you find the missing 5th penny, if there even is one. These four are each valued at around $275,000.00. One oddity of the penny was the Liherty where an h was substituted for the obvious b. The penny today is in shortage in some places through piggy bank and collector hoarding and often banks will trade a crisp dollar for less than 100 pennies."

Answer 2

Million Dollar Penny

Answer 3

So far, no penny or cent in the world has fetched a million dollars. The most expensive copper or bronze coin in the world today is the rare Australian 1930 Proof Penny, one which was sold back in 2005 for a record A$620,000(approx. US$542,141). There were only six of the 1930 proof pennies ever struck, where three pieces currently reside in public institutions and the others are in the hands of private collectors.

Answer 4

Never heard of a penny worth that much. Most valuable US coin is the 1804 silver dollar. 15 known samples exist, and all of them are accounted for in public or private collections. Last one to change hands sold for $ 4 million.

Answer 5

A nice 1792 penny sold in 2005 for $437,000, and would probably sell for more today. A roll of uncirculated 1909-S VDB cents or 1877 Indian cents would probably be worth more than $500,000, but that would be for a roll of 50 coins.

I don't think there is any one US cent that is valued at $1 million, and I've been collecting US coins for more than 40 years.

For more information on the 1792 cent that sold for $437,000, see the link below.

Answer 6

i witness news caster mentioning a 1941 penny valued millions. i have 1941 and two 1943s. which i would sell for half that each. 1941 i believe is steel.