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1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia , Denver , and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents . The unique composition of the coin ( low-grade steel coated with zinc , instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition) has led to ...
1. 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny — $2.3 million Designed by Victor D. Brenner, this is one of the highest-value pennies in circulation today. During World War II, pennies were made of steel ...
These pennies were mistakenly minted using leftover steel planchets in 1943. Only seven Denver-minted steel pennies are known to exist, according to USA Coin Book, and a coin in average condition ...
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack ... Wartime cent, 1943 (Zinc-plated Steel except as noted) Year Mint ...
1943S Steel Cent Obverse (left) and 1943 Steel Cent Reverse (right) In December 1943, the Treasury Department announced that the steel cent would be discontinued after 1943, to be replaced with coins containing 95% copper and 5% zinc (pre-1943 cents contained the same percentage of copper but might also contain tin in place of some of the zinc).
1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny: $2.3 million Designed by Victor D. Brenner, this is one of the rarest and priciest pennies in circulation today . During World War II, pennies were made of steel ...