Surprisingly Valuable Coins You May Have Without Realizing It

Coins aren’t worth much, right? Wrong, buddy! In fact, if you find the right valuable coins in your change, you’ll find yourself with a hefty payday. And we’ve got the intel for you.

Whether it’s minting errors or out-of-print materials, these are the valuable coins you might have right now.

Wide AM Penny

Typically, a Lincoln Memorial penny features the word “America” with the ‘a’ and ‘m’ close together.

However, if you find yourself a penny where ‘a’ and ‘m’ are wider spaced than usual, you might be able to net yourself as much as $500.

Extra Leaf Wisconsin Quarter

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See that stalk of corn on the Wisconsin state quarter? It’s normally supposed to have one leaf hanging on the left. But some quarters were printed with one extra leaf — some a little high, and some a little low.

These can get you $1100 of genuine cheese.

Speared Bison Nickel

In 2005, a Texan woman named Pamela Ryman-Moi found a recently minted buffalo nickel with a curious error. There were sharp scratches on top of the bison, making it look as though it was “speared”.

She sold some for more than $100, and if you find some, you can, too.

Lincoln Wheat Penny

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In 1958, the US Mint changed the design of pennies to the now-familiar Lincoln Memorial on the back. But until then, it had a descriptive “One Cent” typeface, alongside two stalks of wheat. If you find one of these, you could earn up to $1,000.