Rare Lincoln-Kennedy Penny: Are Commemorative Coins Valuable?

Rosie wrote us and said she found a penny that has an imprint of Kennedy facing Lincoln on it and wanted to know how much it's worth.

While I'm certainly no expert on coin values, and I'd highly recommend you consult with a legit numismatist first... we're fairly confident that it's worth very little, except for it's historic and commemorative value, of course. That is, unless you find the "right person" who saves collector's items like these.

Check here to find the value of the Lincoln-Kennedy Penny.

How Common Are The Lincoln-Kennedy Pennies?

My mom used to work at a bank.

She brought home a few of these commemorative Lincoln-Kennedy Pennies that were affixed to cards which listed some "astonishing coincidences" between the lives (and deaths) of President Abraham Lincoln and President John F. Kennedy.

Pictured here is the one I've managed to save for the past 15-20 years.

Similarities & Coincidences Between Kennedy And Lincoln:

Kennedy/Lincoln Similarities

Similarities With Their Assassinations

Eerie Similarities Between Kennedy & Lincoln

More Weird Similarities

To some, all these "supposed" similarities simply have gone too far...

Snopes: Debunking The Myths (... an attempt to address several "similarities" point by point)

Even MORE Similarities Recently Uncovered! (...take this one with a grain of salt)

Pennies From Heaven

Rare U.S. Pennies Including the 1943 Penny

joel

i have a 1976 penny with a liberty bell stamped to the left of Lincoln and a state map stamped to the right of him just wondering if it is worth anything

Joshua

Joel,

This is a rather "common" counterstamped novelty coin. I believe it is worth around 50 cents - $1.

Anthony

I have a 1958 wheat penny that seems to weigh exactly the same as any other 58 penny...but it is steel colored..and is in immaculate condition..it has no mint mark..and the ridge of the penny shows that there seems to be two layers..as if two "different" metals were pressed together..anyways..i want to know if its tampered with...to me..it seems if thats the case..whoever did it...was extremely perfect at it. This is not your average scratch job. Please get back with me...anyone.

Zack

Well in 1943 they coted pennies with steel/silver because copper wa needed so badly for bullet casings during the war. Although WWii was ver by 1958 It would probably also have something to do with copper shortage or something. I have around 20 or so of the 1943 ones but none from 1958 so I may be wrong.

JoshuaTheFunTimesGuide

It sounds like somebody had indeed tampered with that 1958 penny(!) It had to be coated with something, probably zinc -- but that is a guess. Such a coin would be considered "altered" and not worth anything in the numismatic market.

The U.S. Mint DID strike steel cents in 1943 -- over a billion were made and are worth 25 cents to a dollar each, depending on how worn the coin is. Some (extremely rare) 1944 cents were also struck with a steel composition.

nataly

anna,im very glad you found a 1944 penny.I have found a 1945 penny with a back like yours that sais one cent in copper leters.have you fond a worth of this penny?? please comfirm to natalymayo@yahoo.com

Anna

I have a 1944 penny and on the back of it instead of the lincon memorial it says one cent on bold copper letters

shirley brown

i have i 1977 lincoln kennedy penny can any one tell me how many were made reply at sequoya2345@yahoo.com

ruth

i have four 1943 silver pennies and they stick to a magnet, any idea on how much they would be worth?

mike

If all 4 pennies are in fact steel then they would be around 0.50 cents each. Now if you had a true copper 1943 penny...well it has been known to sell at around $73,000. Copper was needed during WWII so they made a line of steel core, zinc plated pennies but a few copper blanks got through, around 40.

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