1 美分硬币的价值可达 170 万美元

由于稀有硬币的持续流通，一分钱就能成为百万富翁。几年前，一个叫唐的男人

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.

由于稀有硬币持续流通，一分钱就可以让您成为百万富翁。几年前，一位名叫小唐·卢特斯 (Don Lutes Jr.) 的男子声名鹊起，当时他拥有一枚硬币，在 Heritage Auctions 举办的一次拍卖会上以 204,000 美元的价格售出。

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.

这件作品是一枚 1943 年林肯铜币，这枚硬币在 1947 年至 2018 年期间一直伴随着这位男子，当时他在去世前将其交给了拍卖行。所得收益捐献给了鲁特斯出生和长大的马萨诸塞州皮茨菲尔德的伯克希尔雅典娜公共图书馆。

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?

消息传遍全国后，美国人开始掏腰包寻找可能价值数千、数万甚至数百万美元的便士。你怎么知道你是否有一个？

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.

一分钱的价值取决于其质量和稀有性。小唐·鲁特斯 (Don Lutes Jr.) 硬币——一枚林肯铜币——之所以能卖得如此高价，是因为目前存世量屈指可数。迄今为止，已发现15至20枚青铜林肯美分。最贵的售价为 170 万美元。

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.

这枚硬币的高价值是因为造币厂停止使用青铜铸造便士，转而使用这种材料进行武装斗争。据Heritage Auctions 的钱币编目员David Stone 介绍，从那时起，便士的制造就开始使用镀锌钢板进行，这使得青铜林肯美分成为“美国钱币学中最著名的错误硬币”。

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.

由于其稀有性和巨大的价值，收藏市场上流通着许多假币。专家建议进行著名的磁铁测试来证实其真实性：如果硬币粘住了，那么它就是假的，因为真硬币是由青铜制成的，没有磁性。