Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

Hello, Charles --

I see what happened here... Your 1942 Lincoln cent was mounted in a jewelry collar and once possibly belonged to a chain. Actually, I've seen several coin chains with virtually identical collars, so I'm pretty confident without holding your coin in-hand that this is what you have. Such pieces are usually worth the value of the coin, which in this case is about 3 to 5 cents. I'd probably hang on to the coin as it may not be justifiable to spend the time selling it, yet these old pennies are becoming scarcer over time and they make neat collectibles.

Thank you for your time,
Josh @ CoinValues