1943 s steel penny san francisco mint 191 550 000 minted.
1943 steel penny denver mint value.
1943 d denver mint cents 217 660 000.
The silver penny is not rare.
1943 s san francisco cents 191 550 000.
Value of a 1943 steel penny.
45 cents to 10 00 value.
They are worth about 10 to 13 cents each in circulated condition and as much as 50 cents or more if uncirculated.
Broken down by each mint the individual mintages are as follows.
1943 steel cents capture interest of collectors.
A shortage of copper combined with a need to provide coinage to commerce forced the mint to use an alternative alloy.
0 01 usd total produced.
1943 steel wheat pennies were not a hit for these reasons.
1943 philadelphia mint cents 684 628 670.
Finding special qualities of a 1943 steel penny.
The 1943 steel cents are quite common and more than 1 billion were struck.
684 628 000 silver content.
1943 steel cents are u s.
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.
99 steel with a thin zinc coating total weight.
In 1943 the united states was preparing for war in europe and in the pacific.
1943 d steel wheat penny.
The us minted the 1943 steel penny with no mint mark and also the 1943 d steel penny and 1943 s steel penny.
However by the end of 1943 much of the public complained about the new steel pennies.
Steel wheat penny year.
No mint mark face value.
These are worth less than a dollar but nice mint.
In order to save copper for the war effort the united states mint under the authority from congress began making pennies from steel with a thin coating of zinc.
One cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper.
The mint mark when present can be found on the obverse side of the coin below the date.
1943 no mintmark steel penny philadelphia mint 684 628 670 minted.
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.
1943 steel penny value the majority of examples of 1943 steel pennies are in circulated condition and have developed a lot of spots and tarnish.
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.
Copper is an essential metal in the manufacturing of ammunition.