If I see a penny on the ground. I’ll pick it up and save it. You might too after you hear this. A 1958 penny just sold at an auction for $1.1 million.
That’s a trade of one collector’s penny for one hundred and ten million other pennies.
This particular coin was stamped kind of weird, sort of like the press was slightly off center. The lettering is doubled, making them look slightly blurry. This one went for so much because the printing mistake only happened to three of the pennies that year. However, it’s happened more often in other years and to other denominations. If you’ve got a change jar, it wouldn’t hurt to have a look at all the coins. A teenager found a rare wheat penny in his school lunch room a few years ago. It sold for $1.7 million.
My wife collects two dollar bills. Not because they’re worth anything extra. They’re not. Two dollar bills are still being printed. You can order them from any bank. Jenny collects them as birthday presents. Every year, on her nephews’ birthdays, she gives them as many 2 dollar bills as how many years old they are.