Are pennies with ONE CENT on the back worth more?

If you look at the coins in your pocket you'll find that EVERY American "penny" has the Words ONE CENT on the back. That's because the coin that we all call a "penny" is actually a one-cent piece. The Word "penny" is a slang use left over from the days when the US was a British colony and there were copper coins that really were called pennies.

If your coin has just those two Words in large letters above "United States of America" in smaller letters, it means you have a coin minted between 1909 and 1958 when that was the standard design for all cents. All you have to do is check the date on the front.

Depending on the date it might be worth anywhere from a couple of cents to many hundreds or even thousands of dollars - please type the question "What is the value of a <date> US cent?" into the box next to the Word GO at the top of the page, and make sure to put the actual date of your coin where my post just says "<date>".