The president's halt on "wasteful" penny production could cause the value of the rarest one-cent coins to surge.

Let’s see … is this one a 1943 “D bronze” worth upwards of $2.3 million? No, dang it. How ’bout a 1958 “double-die obverse” ...

It was replaced by the Lincoln Memorial in 1959 ... The plain of the coin version is the most valuable, and the penny with a strong reverse is the most sought after by collectors.

In 2009, the Strawberry Leaf penny broke records for the most money paid for a penny ... The Flying Eagle cent may not be as rare as the 1943 Lincoln cents, but they are still worth more than ...

The most expensive Lincoln Penny ever sold was the 1943 Bronze Wheat Penny, which went for a whopping $1.7 million at auction in 2010. Coin values fluctuate. Only a few ultra-valuable coins remain ...

There were the "Flying Eagle" and “Indian Head” designs in the 19th and 20th centuries before the penny’s design was changed to honor Abraham Lincoln ... most notably the rare bronze ...

With few exceptions, copper coins in the U.S. mean one-cent pennies — usually those featuring Abraham Lincoln. The most valuable Lincoln penny is worth $2 million on the collectibles market ...

An America without any cents would make a lot of sense, according to some who work in the monetary sector. Colorado Springs ...

In the past, residents of Illinois have opposed discontinuing the cent because the state’s famous son, Abraham Lincoln, is ...