A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be with as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World war ll, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1995 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated it’d easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny