http://www.icoincollect.com/2008/11/17/what-are-old-coins-worth.html

This website commentary focuses the input on the collecting of coins. The discussion includes information about the various ways that people buy and collect both gold and silver. This article brings to light the worth of coins and how rarity has more to do with the value than the age of the coins themselves. For example, a copper penny minted in 1943 could be worth as much as $200,000 compared to the worth of a coin from ancient Greece, which might fetch only $100.00. The reason is rarity only forty copper pennies were minted during the war. To learn more about coin collecting please visit, www.icoincollect.com.