Check your change jar for a bicentennial quarter that could be worth a five-figure payday, and a few other coins that have been known to garner small fortunes.

The Mint produced the bicentennial coins between 1975 and 1976 as a special edition. Here's a look at several that have sold for more than $1,000.

Starting in 1999, the U.S. Mint began a years-long program where they released aspecially designed quarter for all 50 states. It is widely lauded as the mostsuccessful coin program in the Mint's ...