rare coins

If you've been scrounging around for some spare change in your wallet lately, you might want to keep a keen eye out for a particular rare American coin that is worth thousands more than its original one-cent value.

There is a version of the 1995 Lincoln Penny with a few small errors that have been purchased for $5,053 at auction. It's a modern-day penny, and you very well could have it in your possession right now.

If you have ever needed a reason to clean out the couch or organize your coin purse, this super rare U.S. coin worth thousands of dollars would probably be it.

Printed roughly 80 years ago, a certain version of the 1943 penny has been called "one of the most sought-after" coins among American collectors, so much so that one was bought at a 2021 auction for a staggering $840,000.

It's totally possible for Americans to possess coins that were minted in the past decade. Take a look inside your wallet, and you’ll most likely find something from even as early as the 2000s.

So, it might come as good news to know that there is a rare quarter produced back in 2007 that has been auctioned for over $2,000 in recent years, according to the Professional Coin Grading Service.

There are a lot of United States coins out there that are quite valuable because of rarities and errors. Coin collectors have paid thousands, sometimes millions for these rare coins that were all printed in the past century.

You just might want to cash in on this because it's pretty likely you have quarters, nickels, pennies, and dimes with dates ranging from sometime in the 20th century to present-day 2023 sitting around in your wallet or piling up in a drawer.