Is The Penny In Your Pocket Worth Over $400,000?

I'm the first person to throw a hand full of change into a coin tray at the house and never look at it again. But you really should check your loose change drawer for some extremely valuable pennies that are still in circulation. Some of the rare coins are worth over $400,000!
One of the most surprising pennies on the list is a 1943 steel penny. The penny was made from steel to conserve more sought-after metals during World War 2. Back when I was a kid, I'd occasionally find one in my change. I'd always put them aside and make sure I didn't spend them. I also remember my grandpa giving me Silver Certficate dollar bills, but you'll have to Google that term to learn more about those.
Turns out, those steel pennies finally rose in value! An uncirculated 1944 steel wheat penny is now worth about $408,000, while the same coin in average condition is worth about $10,000! A company called Cointrackers monitors values of coins and they say lots of rare coins are still out there, in change trays and desk drawers across America. They recently made a list of the most valuable 25 coins in circulation. Here are some of the highlights.
While the most valuable coin these days is the 1944 steel wheat penny, there are other heavy hitters, such as the 1943 copper wheat penny. Because of the war, copper was in short supply and heavy demand. That's why copper pennies were so scarce that year. That coin is worth a quarter of a million dollars. Then there's the Flying Eagle penny, which is worth about $25,000. An 19873 Indian Head penny is worth $10,000 and a 1914 D Wheat Penny is valued at about $5,500. The complete list of rare coins and their values is at Cointrackers.com. Source: WFLA.com

Jon Bon Jovi Turned 61 This Week

Bon Jovi has been active for over four decades, and they aren't showing signs of slowing down.

Their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career has netted them over 130 million albums sold worldwide and legions of fans spanning generations.

Narrowing down their catalog to a select number of songs and ranking them is a daunting task, but here are Bon Jovi's 35 best songs, ranked.

A new docuseries about Bon Jovi is set to premiere on Hulu on April 26. The docuseries is titled Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.

The docuseries also has the cooperation of all Bon Jovi members, both past and present. A teaser trailer of the docuseries offers a supercut of the band's wild career, including the exit of guitarist Richie Sambora.

Additionally, the teaser trailer shows Jon Bon Jovi in a hospital bed. He's holding a dry-erase board that simply says, "I'm good." Meanwhile, an unidentified voiceover says, "Jon's going through his challenges." It then cuts to JBJ saying, "It almost killed us."

The "challenges" appear to be about Bon Jovi's recent vocal issues, which he discussed during the Pollstar Live! conference in February 2024.

Per Ultimate Classic Rock, Bon Jovi said, "It's become public knowledge now, but I've had major reconstructive surgery in my vocal cords, and I never had anything like this, ever. So it's been a difficult road, but I found a doctor in Philadelphia who did something called a medialization, because one of my cords was literally atrophied."

A description of Thank You, Goodnight from Hulu also promises it will delve into the band's "most public moments of friction." Of course, this is likely a reference to the 2013 exit of Sambora, who has often talked about the potential of rejoining the band.

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