Every once in a while, a rumour leaks out that there’s a super rare coin, a mis-press or something like that, that gets coin-collectors frantic to get their hands on it. Odds are, it won’t end up in your hands.

More realistically, however, is that you’ll find a wheat penny – one of the most collected coins in the world. If you’ve got a few of these, you’ll find that they’re worth more than their face value; generally 1-4 cents more, or even a buck. But you’d need a huge volume of pennies to make it worth your while.