You don't need to be a coin collector to have piggy banks stashed around your house filled with quarters, dimes, nickels or ...

There used to be a saying — “pennies make dimes and dimes make dollars” — that stressed the importance of saving your money (the phrase later showed up in a country song). Today, some ...

Case in point: An old penny sold at auction by Heritage Auctions last January for $60,000. The rare 1909 Lincoln cent attracted 37 bidders, suggesting a heated fight for the prized coin.

Coin collectors ... that nearly all rare coins priced that high are sold by licensed auction houses and coin dealers that are well known in the collectors community. The 1920 Lincoln Wheat penny ...