Check Your Drawers: This Collector’s Penny Is Worth $1.7 Million


In this life there really is no such thing as “easy money.” Except, a treasure might just be jangling around in your coat pocket.

Coin collectors search for rare, misprinted, uncirculated and one-of-a-kind error coins of value, and that includes pennies! If you know what you’re looking for, that discarded chuck of metal in  your desk drawer might be worth enough to quit your day job.

Here are five truly rare pennies and how to identify them.