Metal alloy of 1943 cents has a few considerations effecting its market acceptance.
1943 steel cent no mint mark.
This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell.
Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts.
Mint mark d for the denver mint s for san francisco and the penny with no mint mark is released from philadelphia.
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.
In this complete collection you have all these issues released by the us mint for circulation.
So the treasury department resorted to using zinc coated steel to make lincoln cents for one year only.
In very fine condition the value is around 0 35.
1943 steel wheat pennies were not a hit for these reasons.
1943 s steel penny san francisco mint 191 550 000 minted.
Mint switched to making pennies from zinc coated steel planchets instead of the usual bronze coin blanks stone explained.
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Date and mintmark combination identify listing of 1943 varieties.
The following table lists the buy price what you can expect to pay to a dealer to purchase the coin and sell value what you can expect a dealer to pay you if you sell the coin.
1943 p lincoln wheat cent steel cent.
Uncirculated coins with a grade of ms 63 can sell for around 8.
The first column lists the date and mint mark followed by the buy.
Steel wheat penny year.
45 cents to 10 00 value.
No mint mark face value.
The 1943 bronze lincoln cent attracted nearly 30 bids and.
The 1943 steel penny with no mint mark is worth around 0 30 in fine condition.
Unique in us mint history three varieties of these 1943 cents were struck.
684 628 000 silver content.
In extremely fine condition the value is around 0 40.
Interest remains high along with demand.
0 01 usd total produced.
However by the end of 1943 much of the public complained about the new steel pennies.
1943 d steel penny denver mint 217 660 000 minted.
1943 steel cents are u s.
Identity of date and mint mark begins the process.
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.
They are worth about 10 to 13 cents each in circulated condition and as much as 50 cents or more if uncirculated.
Value of a 1943 steel penny.