A Massachusetts teenager found a rare penny in his lunch change and kept it for more than seven decades until his recent death — without ever knowing it may be one of the most valuable US coins of all time.
The 1943 Lincoln penny — one of 20 accidentally pressed in copper that year — was discovered by 16-year-old Don Lutes Jr. in his school cafeteria in March 1947, according to Sarah Miller of Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
The Treasury denied the existence of the copper pennies and told Lutes Jr. the coin was fake. Lutes Jr. nevertheless kept it in his personal collection for more than 70 years, until he died in September.
The lucky piece could fetch up to $1.7 million when it hits the auction block later this week.
Read more at NY POST.
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Wait a minute. If the Treasury dept. is saying that it’s a fake, why should it fetch $1.7 million dollars?
CNN is a fake news organization and if a jerk wants to buy it he will have to pay maybe 1.7 billion dollars.
Treasury Department lied!
Because Treasury writes on its coins “In G-d we trust”, meaning all others lie, which includes Treasury itself. Shocking story- a govt lied.