We pitch it, pinch it, squeeze and squander it. We stuff it in our loafers and offer it for our thoughts. A bad one always turns up and a pretty one is a splurge we heedlessly indulge. It’s the penny ...

Grain futures were mostly higher Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn was up 0.5 cent at $4.18 a bushel. Sept. wheat was up 0.5 cent at $5.65 a bushel. Sept. oats ...

Grain futures were mixed in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn was off 3 cents at $4.03 a bushel. Sept. wheat was down 3.5 cents at $5.46 a bushel.

You might be carrying a hidden fortune in your pocket without even realizing it. Some coins that appear to be ordinary spare ...

You might think the end of penny production would make the coins rare and valuable, but not so fast, warned John Haas, owner ...

You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or pennies. However, you may not be aware of the potential fortune you ...

The most valuable pennies, which are rare but possibly still in circulation, are 1943 copper Lincoln wheat pennies, a few of which were produced accidentally as the U.S. mints were supposed to use ...

The most valuable pennies are copper "Lincoln wheat pennies" that were accidentally minted in 1943 during World War 2, when the mints were supposed to be saving zinc for the war effort, USA TODAY ...

The most valuable pennies, which are rare but possibly still in circulation, are 1943 copper Lincoln wheat pennies, a few of which were produced accidentally as the U.S. mints were supposed to use ...

Here are five of the most valuable pennies and what they could fetch: 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny - $2.3 million, in mint condition (One penny sold for $1.7 million at auction in 2010.) ...