Our Personal Data Processing Policy has changed.Get to know her by clicking here.We have changed our Privacy Policy and Browsing Data Policy.By 'Accept' we consider that you approve the changes.Here you will find your newsCheck your inbox and if not, in your spam folder.We want you to find the news that interests you the mostFollow your favorite topics in a place exclusive to you.Remember that to see your songs on all your devices, you must update the El Tiempo App.We couldn't load your newsTry again later.An exclusive place, where you can follow your favorite topics.choose them!Here you can also find "My News" and follow the topics you chose in the APP.The fastest way to get up to date.An exclusive section where you can follow your songs.Whenever you want, change the themes you chose.I will do it laterYour favorite themes have been saved!The fastest way to get up to date.An exclusive section where you can follow your songs.Whenever you want, change the themes you chose.Only 15 to 20 of these pennies are known to collectors to date.Find the validation of El Cazamentiras at the end of the news.Register or log in to follow your favorite topics.A man named Lutes went down in history for owning a penny for many years that was sold for $204,000 (approximately 867 million pesos) last January, according to Heritage Auctions, the auction house that conducted the sale.A penny is supposed to be worth that: a penny.However, when these coins are kept over the years by collectors, their value increases exponentially.Lutes had in his possession a Lincoln bronze penny from 1943 until 2018, when he passed away.But earlier, when his health deteriorated, he turned it over to Heritage Auctions."Lutes, then 16, received the copper-colored penny in return in his high school cafeteria in 1947," David Stone, a Heritage coin cataloguer, told 'CNBC Make It.'Nearly 30 bids received the auction house when he put the coin up for sale.Proceeds went to the Berkshire Athenaeum Public Library, located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Lutes' hometown.(You can read: The 'Niño del terror', a young serial killer who hid in Colombia).As Stone explained to the American media, the value of a penny depends on its quality and rarity.As for the 1943 Lincoln bronze penny, he noted that only a handful of these have been discovered, including the one found by Lutes.The United States Mint stopped using bronze to preserve the material for armed struggle, so the manufacture of cents began to be made with zinc-coated steel plates, according to a coin cataloger.The most famous error coin in American numismaticsHowever, Stone explained that “some of the old bronze planks got stuck in the large containers the Mint used to feed the coin presses in late 1942. The few bronze coins that were minted went unnoticed and were put into circulation."(You may be interested: The cannibal who disguised himself as a friendly neighbor: this is how his victims disappeared).This is how the Lincoln bronze penny became, in Stone's words, "the most famous error coin in American numismatics." However, the expert assured that the chances of finding one of these is almost impossible. " The most valuable Lincoln cent was sold privately in 2010 for $1.7 million," Stone said. To date, only 15 to 20 bronze Lincoln cents are known to collectors. But because of their value, they have Several fake steel replicas have been circulated, so experts recommend anyone who finds one to examine it with a magnet, because if it sticks, it's not bronze.Register or log in to follow your favorite topics.Find here all the signs of the zodiac.We have for you advice on love, finances and much more.Test your knowledge with the TIME crossword*This is not a valid email.*You must accept the Terms, Conditions and Policies.You can now see the latest contents of EL TIEMPO in your inboxYou reached the content limit for the monthEnjoy unlimited content from EL TIEMPO DIGITAL.Sign up now!If you are already a subscriber to the newsletter* COP $900 / month for the first two monthsWe know that you like to always be informed.Create an account and you can enjoy:Create an account and you can enjoy our content from any device.COPYRIGHT © 2022 EL TIEMPO Publishing House NIT.860.001.022-7.Its total or partial reproduction is prohibited, as well as its translation into any language without the written authorization of its owner.ELTIEMPO.com all the main news from Colombia and the World