Should you cash in your pennies? The small currency will soon be a thing of the past, but don't think you are sitting on a ...

You might think the end of penny production would make the coins rare and valuable, but not so fast, warned John Haas, owner ...

But headlines about super-valuable "Lincoln wheat pennies" stretch the imagination. Most likely, the headlines are created by artificial intelligence to drive traffic to a website, Feigenbaum said.

Experts say it's highly unlikely. You may have seen one of many headlines blasted online lately about valuable pennies in circulation, "Lincoln Wheat Penny Worth $124M You Could Have at Home" reads ...

The most valuable pennies are copper "Lincoln wheat pennies" that were accidentally minted in 1943 during World War 2, when the mints were supposed to be saving zinc for the war effort, USA TODAY ...

Some stores are seeing increased sales in rare pennies. For years now, Lewes Mercantile Antique Gallery has sold rolls of "wheat pennies," as well as rolls of recently minted pennies.

1. 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny — $2.3 million Designed by Victor D. Brenner, this is one of the highest-value pennies in circulation today.

The coins are a type of "wheat penny," named for the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text, rather than the Lincoln Memorial.

You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or pennies. However, you may not be aware of the potential fortune you have ...