Posted 5 months ago
bratjdd
(416 items)
Like to share my new find 1943 one cent it is not in the greatest condition,
i notice its very wore around the edge,there is no grooves, any idea why?
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U.S. cents and also nickels have plain edges, not reeded
Thank you mustangtony, for your input I forgot about the nickle. It all makes sense.
Thank you, BELLIN68
I believe these wew made with iron,,,not copper. The copper pennies from 1943 are scarce indeed. Take a magnet to it and check it out. Very nice find indeed
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Happy New Year
Steel penny due to wartime copper use.
I didn't know any traditional ones were made that year--how many are known to exist that are copper?
scott
Scott,
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. I think they have found about 40 or so copper pennies from 1943. There are rare. Here is a good link from the us mint about the 1943 penny.
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fun_facts/?action=fun_facts2a
Thanks clockerman-- a rare item indeed!
scott
So is it a copper or steel penny?
Thank you, everyone for the love, and thank you clokerman for the link very informative.
The 1943 cents are made of zinc coated steel. A few specimens struck on bronze or silver planchets by error are known to exist. Through a similar error, a few of the 1944 cents were struck on steel planchets.
nice coin ,is it worth much
Thank you lundy no is not worth much but the value:(