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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 ...
1943 Bronze Lincoln Penny. Current estimated value in mint condition: $151,444. Auction record: $1.7 million (Denver) In 1943, the U.S. switched to zinc-coated steel to help save copper during ...
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 ...
Wartime cent, 1943 (Zinc-plated Steel except as noted) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1943 (P) 684,628,670 (P) c40 12 known to exist in Bronze. D 217,660,000 D ?
The penny, also known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of taxation and finance).
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A few 1943 bronze cents and 1944 steel cents are known to exist, and they are valuable. [51] Only one 1943-D cent in bronze is known; it sold in September 2010 for $1.7 million. [52] One of the four known 1943-S cents in bronze was sold to Texas Rangers baseball team co-chairman Bob R. Simpson for $1 million. [53]
The zinc 1 Reichspfennig coin was minted by Nazi Germany between 1940 and 1945 during World War II, replacing the bronze version.It was worth 1 ⁄ 100 Reichsmark.Made entirely of zinc, the 1 Reichspfennig is an emergency issue type, similar to the zinc 5 and 10 Reichspfennigs, and the aluminium 50 Reichspfennig coins from the same period.