In 1943 as copper and nickel were needed by allies of the war, almost all circulating pennies were made from zinc-coated steel. But in one of the most valuable errors in coin history, some pennies ...

The highest price ever seen for a bronze Lincoln 1943-S penny was sold to collector Bob R. Simpson, co-chairman of the Texas ...

The site suggests that, if while sifting through your change jar you do come across a 1943 wheat penny, you take it to a coin ...

“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” Trump posted on his social ...

copper was a strategic resource in 1943.” “To aid in the war effort, the United States Mint switched to using zinc-coated steel planchets for Lincoln cent production that year, instead of the ...

But that is peanuts compared what a 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny ... “During World War II, pennies were made of steel to save copper for the war effort. However, a few were mistakenly ...

As President Trump seeks to downsize the cost of the U.S. Government, let me add my two cents to the effort; or to be more ...

the U.S. switched to zinc-coated steel to help save copper during World War II. More than one billion 1943 steel cents were struck, Gainesville Coins reported, but some were accidentally made from ...