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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 ...
6 Pennies From the 1900s Worth a Lot of Money. Josephine Nesbit. ... $1.7 million (Denver) In 1943, the U.S. switched to zinc-coated steel to help save copper during World War II. More than one ...
One of these pennies sold for $1.7 million in 2010. Today, it’s valued at about $2.3 million in mint uncirculated condition. But you don’t need to go back 80 years to find pennies worth a lot ...
Schoolhouse, teacher and students planting a tree; based on the Grant Wood painting Arbor Day [1] [2] Captions: "Foundation in Education", "Grant Wood" Circulation: 213,800,000 P 251,400,000 D Proof: 2,740,684 S (clad) 1,769,786 S (silver) 25¢ Wisconsin quarter George Washington Head of a cow, round of cheese and ear of corn (state grain).
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, zinc cent and steelie. The 1943 steel cent features the same Victor David Brenner design for the Lincoln cent which had been in use since 1909.
Circulating coins are worth $408,000 to $409,000 in average condition and upwards of $1.1 million for uncirculated condition. 3. 1793 Strawberry Leaf Cent — $862,500
The quality of the Reichsmark coins decreased more and more towards the end of World War II and misprints happened more frequently. [8] [9] Since the 4 ℛ︁₰ coin was only slightly larger than the 1 ℳ︁ coin and the imperial eagle looked similar, an attempt was made to pass it off as a 1-reichsmark coin by silvering the 4 ℛ︁₰ coin ...
1943 Copper Lincoln Penny: $1 million-plus. A copper shortage during World War II prompted the U.S. Mint to switch the one-cent penny to a steel composition that was coated in zinc, according to ...