Steel Wheat Penny 1943 S

1943 s lincoln wheat cent steel cent.

Steel wheat penny 1943 s. In 1943 the penny was made out of zinc plated steel to save copper for the war effort which is why most 1943 pennies are silver colored. 684 628 000 silver content. 1943 steel cents are u s. Issued a steel penny because the nation s copper was needed for world war ii supplies.

One of the rarest and most intriguing us coins is the 1943 s bronze copper lincoln wheat cent. Here s the current 1943 steel wheat penny value. 0 01 usd total produced. During world war ii the war effort required a lot of copper to make shell casings and munitions.

191 550 000 silver content. The 1943 copper penny is known as the wheat penny the predecessor to the infamous steel penny. Nearly all pennies from 1943 are supposed to be steel cents. This steel cent has a weight of 2 8 grams a diameter of 19 05 mm a thickness of 1 55 mm with plain edges.

Buy sell this coin. Steel wheat penny year. These are worth 5 cents to 10 cents. The 1943 silver colored penny is a wartime coin issue made of steel and coated with zinc.

One cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around 45 cents while one in certified mint state ms condition could bring as much as 10 at auction. No mint mark face value. Most 1943 steel pennies that you ll find in circulation are pretty well worn and many that are worn exhibit rust.

A lightly circulated 1943 steel penny is generally worth 20 cents to 50 cents. 45 cents to 10 00 value. 65 cents to 25 00 value. The penny s design is the same one used in 1909 by vector d.

The 1943 copper cent was produced at all three mints. 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 various nicknames such as wartime cent steel war penny. Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts. Its obverse features the side view portrait of abraham lincoln while the reverse has the wheat heads in memorial which is why it is classified as a wheat penny.

A small number of copper planchets were left over from 1942 and were used in 1943 during the transition to steel planchets. As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around 65 cents while one in certified mint state ms condition could bring as much as 25 at auction. Steel wheat penny year. 0 01 usd total produced.