Coins 1943 Steel Penny

Steel wheat penny year.
Coins 1943 steel penny. 45 cents to 10 00 value. Usa coin book estimated value of 1943 lincoln wheat penny steel cent variety is worth 0 21 in average condition and can be worth 2 67 to 8 69 or more in uncirculated ms mint condition. 0 01 usd total produced. 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.
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 65 cents while one in certified mint state ms condition could bring as much as 25 at auction. The new steel pennies which came to be called steelies were authorized by a 1942 law public law 815 signed into law on december 18 1945. Steel wheat penny year.
No mint mark face value. 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. 1943 steel cents are u s. This applies within and even beyond the numismatic realm.
Its zinc coated steel composition makes this coin resemble a dime more than a typical u s. 684 628 000 silver content. As the 1943 steel pennies circulated the zinc coating started to turn dark gray and almost black. The 1943 silver colored penny is a wartime coin issue made of steel and coated with zinc.
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. If it was in circulation long enough the zinc coating completely wore off and the steel underneath would start to show through. During world war ii the war effort required a lot of copper to make shell casings and munitions. This unusual looking lincoln wheat cent is unlike any other united states one cent coin.
191 550 000 silver content.