1 美分硬幣的價值可達 170 萬美元

由於稀有硬幣的持續流通，一分錢就能成為百萬富翁。幾年前，一個叫唐的男人

A single penny could make you a millionaire thanks to the rare coins that continue to be in circulation. A man called Don Lutes Jr. rose to fame a few years ago when he owned a penny that sold for $204,000 at an auction held by Heritage Auctions.

由於稀有硬幣持續流通，一分錢就可以讓您成為百萬富翁。幾年前，一位名叫小唐·盧特斯 (Don Lutes Jr.) 的男子聲名鵲起，當時他擁有一枚硬幣，在 Heritage Auctions 舉辦的一次拍賣會上以 204,000 美元的價格售出。

The piece was a 1943 Lincoln bronze cent, a coin that was with the man from 1947 to 2018, when he gave it to the auction house before he died. The proceeds went to the Berkshire Athenaeum Public Library in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where Lutes was born and raised.

這件作品是一枚 1943 年林肯銅幣，這枚硬幣在 1947 年至 2018 年期間一直伴隨著這位男子，當時他在去世前將其交給了拍賣行。所得收益捐獻給了魯特斯出生長大的馬薩諸塞州皮茨菲爾德的伯克希爾雅典娜公共圖書館。

After the news spread around the country, Americans have begun searching their pockets for pennies that could be worth thousands, tens of thousands, or even millions of dollars. How do you know if you have one?

消息傳遍全國後，美國人開始掏腰包尋找可能價值數千、數萬甚至數百萬美元的便士。你怎麼知道你是否有一個？

The value of a penny depends on its quality and rarity. The Don Lutes Jr. coin- a bronze Lincoln cent- was sold for such a huge amount because currently, only a handful of these exist. So far, 15 to 20 bronze Lincoln cents have been discovered. The most expensive sold for $1.7 million.

一分錢​​的價值取決於其品質和稀有性。小唐·魯特斯 (Don Lutes Jr.) 硬幣——一枚林肯銅幣——之所以能賣得如此高價，是因為目前存世量屈指可數。迄今為止，已發現15至20枚青銅林肯美分。最貴的售價為 170 萬美元。

The high value of this coin is due to the fact that the Mint stopped using bronze in pennies to be able to instead use the material for armed struggle. Since then, the manufacture of pennies has been carried out with zinc-coated steel plates, making the bronze Lincoln cent “the most famous error coin in American numismatics”, according to David Stone, coin cataloguer at Heritage Auctions.

這枚硬幣的高價值是因為造幣廠停止使用青銅鑄造便士，轉而使用這種材料進行武裝鬥爭。根據Heritage Auctions 的錢幣編目員David Stone 介紹，從那時起，便士的製造就開始使用鍍鋅鋼板進行，這使得青銅林肯美分成為「美國錢幣學中最著名的錯誤硬幣」。

Due to its rarity and great value, there are several fakes of the penny circulating in the collectors’ market. Experts recommend carrying out the famous magnet test to corroborate its veracity: if the coin sticks, it is fake because the true coin is made of bronze, which is not magnetic.

由於其稀有性和巨大的價值，收藏市場上流通許多假幣。專家建議進行著名的磁鐵測試來證實其真實性：如果硬幣粘住了，那麼它就是假的，因為真硬幣是由青銅製成的，沒有磁性。