Coin guides
Is your coin worth more than face value?
The coins worth checking in your change, your jar and old proof sets: what they really sell for at auction, where to look on the coin, and the fakes that fool people. Every price has its sale and source.
Pennies worth checking
$2,379 to $320,625
1955 doubled die penny
The date and LIBERTY look doubled, like a shadow print.
$186,000 to $840,000
1943 copper penny
A copper-colored 1943 that doesn’t stick to a magnet.
Cents to $33,600
1943 steel penny
The silver-colored wartime penny, and the errors to check for.
$23,790 to $490,500
1944 steel penny
A silver-gray 1944 cent that sticks to a magnet.
$2,040 to $20,700
1990 No S proof penny
A shiny proof penny with no S under the date.
$1,140 to $25,850
1992 Close AM penny
On the back, the A and M in AMERICA almost touch.
$750 to $345,375
1909-S VDB penny
An S under the date and V.D.B. on the back.
$198 to $14,400
1972 doubled die penny
The date, LIBERTY and the motto all strongly doubled.
$19,800 to $601,875
1969-S doubled die penny
Doubled date and letters, with an S that isn’t doubled.
