A penny for your thoughs? If it's a 1943 copper penny.it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943 ,most penny were made out of steel since copper was needed for world war 2,so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly duoble stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it's uncirculated, it easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that's a pretty penny