16-year-old Coin Numismatist Gets Hold Of A Rare Coin As A Spare Change,uncovers Its Worth Years Later

The Auction

With the help of his friend, Peter Karpenski, Lukes’s priced possession managed to find its way to Heritage Auctions in January 2019. The 1943 Lincoln penny soared in value because it was made by accident and from the wrong material. Heritage Auctions estimated that the coin was worth 1.7 million dollars. After two weeks of the online auction, the highest bid went up to 1.3 million dollars.