Most people toss a penny without a second glance. Yet sitting inside old coin jars, forgotten desk drawers, and inherited collections, there may be a one-cent piece that collectors and auction houses ...

But while the copper-plated-zinc currency is dead, it is not yet gone: the estimated 250 billion pennies already in ...

Check your change jar for these coins from the '90s that collectors have been known to pay hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars for on the resale market.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you ready for a treasure hunt? You could have hundreds of dollars hidden away in a jar, junk drawer or between the cushions of ...