Boy Notices Odd Mark On Old Coin And Finds Out It Is Actually Worth 1M Dollars

Labeled A Fraud

The U.S. Treasury refused to believe that Don had found a rare copper penny and dismissed it as a fraud. They held onto their familiar refrain: “All pennies struck in 1943 were zinc-coated steel.”

And so, the penny remained in Don’s collection. Until, one day, he was finally vindicated.