If the mint mark is missing, it means the coin is rare and can fetch a lot of money on the collector’s market. Planchet errors: Planchets are the round, blank pieces of metal used to make coins.

Several U.S. coins from the 1970s can fetch you a lot of money on the collector’s market, with the priciest ones valued in five figures. As with many collectible coins, the most valuable ones ...

Here are five coins from the 1940s that are worth a lot of money today. The first Lincoln ... They’re called “wheat pennies” for the images of wheat on the back, though the design has ...

Images of the coins and more information about the era ... which was split down the middle. Half of the money went to Staples and his six treasure hunting friends, and the other half went to ...

Collectors hunting for valuable coins don’t have to reach back a century or more to find them — they can pop back a few decades to the era of disco music and leisure suits. Several U.S. coins from the ...