1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny — $2.3 million Designed ... This penny somehow missed the 1944 transition from steel-coated zinc to copper, and it’s worth a fortune as a result.

You've probably seen the oldest Lincoln pennies, the ones sometimes called wheaties, with the two sheafs of wheat on the back. Although they have a face value of only one cent, the most valuable wheat ...

However, a few of the copper pennies were struck by mistake and it’s that version that’s extremely rare and valuable. A 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny sold for $1.7 million in 2010 but is ...