1943 Steel War Penny No Mint Mark

Finding special qualities of a 1943 steel penny.

1943 steel war penny no mint mark.

In this complete collection you have all these issues released by the us mint for circulation. 1943 no mintmark steel penny philadelphia mint 684 628 670 minted. 1942 cents are. 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.

684 628 000 silver content. 1943 steel wheat pennies were not a hit for these reasons. Freeing up tons of copper for the war effort the now famous steel coated. All 1942 cents were made of bronze copper with a bit of tin and zinc.

1943 steel cents are u s. 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. The war effort and metals. 99 steel with a thin zinc coating total weight.

1943 lincoln wheat cents look like silver pennies but they are actually made out of steel. During world war ii the war effort required a lot of copper to make shell casings and munitions. One cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. A 1943 steel penny with no mintmark can be worth 35 1 50.

Mint mark d for the denver mint s for san francisco and the penny. A shortage of copper combined with a need to provide coinage to commerce forced the mint to use an alternative alloy. 45 cents to 10 00 value. The mint mark when present can be found on the obverse side of the coin below the date.

Steel wheat penny year. Their history is directly connected with wwii. What this coin looks like obverse reverse mint mark location special features etc. The us minted the 1943 steel penny with no mint mark and also the 1943 d steel penny and 1943 s steel penny.

0 01 usd total produced. No mint mark face value. During world war 2. 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.

In 1943 the united states was facing a copper shortage due to world war ii. There are no steel cents with that date. Rare penny steel 1943 1943 wartime no mint steel wheat penny rare find. 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. 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. 1943 s steel penny san francisco mint 191 550 000 minted.