As the 1943 steel pennies circulated the zinc coating started to turn dark gray and almost black.
1943 lincoln steel wheat penny.
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When exposed to moisture the penny would start to rust.
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1943 lincoln wheat cents look like silver pennies but they are actually made out of steel.
During world war 2.
The 1943 bronze lincoln wheat penny.
If it was in circulation long enough the zinc coating completely wore off and the steel underneath would start to show through.
All 1943 lincoln cents were supposed to be made of steel planchets coated with zinc.
In september 2012 legend numismatics of lincroft new jersey has announced that collector bob r.
Simpson co chairman of the texas rangers baseball club paid 1 million for the finest known 1943 s lincoln wheat cent on a bronze planchet.
The us needed to allocate as much copper as possible for the war effort and this included copper used for minting lincoln cents at the us mint.
A regular 1943 steel penny is worth only a few cents.