Steel Penny: The vast majority of 1943 pennies were made from zinc-coated steel. These will have a silvery appearance and may have darkened or rusted over time.

Wartime Origins of the 1943 Steel Penny Prior to 1943, the composition of Lincoln penny consisted of a bronze alloy of 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc. This gave the coins their familiar reddish-brown ...

A penny from 1943 — but not all pennies from that year. Keep reading to learn more about the 1943 steel penny, and which ones could net you some extra cash. What is a 1943 steel penny?

So, Feiler gave me the bag of shredded money and then began a lively two-hour conversation during which he gave me not only more money (a 1964 British penny, three 1943 Lincoln Steel Cents), but ...

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More than one billion 1943 steel pennies were issued by the three Mints. In 1944, the original bronze composition was resumed (many 1944 cents were struck from used cartridge cases).

Rare 1943 bronze penny Heritage Auctions, HA.com Those bronze planchets then fed into the coin press, leading to the creation of several coins that were "lost in the flood of millions of 'steel ...

Rare 1943 bronze penny sold for $200,000 Heritage Auctions, HA.com Heritage Auctions says Don Lutes Jr., of Pittsfield, was 16 when he found the coin in change he received at his school cafeteria ...

A rare 1943 bronze Lincoln penny has sold for more than $200,000 at a Florida auction. Heritage Auctions says more than 30 people bid on the rare coin Thursday night. Only 10 to 15 of these pennies… ...

Don Lutes Jr. kept the 1943 copper penny he stumbled upon in his high school cafeteria seven decades ago in a safe behind a wall in his Massachusetts home.

What’s the value of a dollar? A 1943 steel cent? What collectors know, plus a Hamilton exhibit you’ve never heard of E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune ...