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2026 American Innovation $1 Reverse Proof Set Goes on Sale October 13
The Mint opens orders October 13 at $60 — four S-mint reverse-proof dollars including a young Steve Jobs, with a stated mintage limit of 99,792 and a 2-per-household limit.
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Penny's Gone — Now the Nickel Is on the Chopping Block
Lawmakers are pushing to retool the nickel — it costs about 13 cents to make a 5-cent coin. What a cheaper alloy would mean for collectors, and why the 1942–45 war nickels are the precedent to study.
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2026 Proof Set Goes on Sale Today: The One-Year-Only Statue of Liberty Half Dollar
The 2026 proof set opens for orders today at $107 — 10 S-mint coins for the nation's 250th birthday, with Kennedy off the half dollar for a single year, the first Liberty dime since 1945, and a 1776~2026 nickel.
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The Penny Is Officially Over: What Collectors Need to Know
Congress ended penny production with the Common Cents Act — what happens to your pennies, how cash rounding works, and the five moves collectors should make now (keep your 2025s, check for key dates, and watch the Mint's collector-only pennies).
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Rare US Pennies Worth Money: A Beginner's List
The essential hit list: 1943 copper, 1944 steel, 1909-S VDB, 1914-D, key doubled dies and the Close AM / Wide AM varieties — with value estimates and simple tests (magnet, scale) you can do at home.
🔍 Quick Tip for US Coin Hunters
Two cheap tools do 90% of the work: a small magnet (a 1943 cent that doesn't stick is the $100,000 copper rarity) and a 0.01g digital scale (copper cents weigh 3.11g, zinc ones 2.5g). Check every pre-1959 wheat penny you find — most are worth a few cents, but the key dates pay for a lifetime of loupes.
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