As you're spring cleaning your home, don't forget to go through your change jar. Why? A special coin worth a lot of money could be hiding among your spare pennies and dimes. In fact, coming across a ...

In addition to all the other events this year, U.S. coins also have made the news in a big way. A rare 1971 President Dwight D. Eisenhower prototype silver dollar fetched $264,000 at auction Jan. 14.

First off, every 1976 Eisenhower Silver Dollar has two years on it – 1776 and 1976. These dates marked the 200 th Anniversary of American Independence. Secondly, not all the coins were minted in 1976.