Incredibly Rare ‘Mistake Penny’ Found in Boy’s Lunch Money Worth $204,000

Extremely rare "mistake penny" (Heritage Auctions) Shutterstock | Tony Baggett

Never in his wildest dreams could the boy from Massachusetts Don Lute Jr. have imagined finding treasure worth hundreds of thousands in his lunch money change after buying lunch at his high school cafeteria. That treasure came in the form of a rare “mistake penny,” made by U.S. Mint, which has an incredibly unique story behind it.

Vintage high school cafeteria Public domain