1943 Steel Wheat Penny Worth

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1943 steel wheat penny worth. 45 cents to 10 00 value. 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. 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 45 cents while one in certified mint state ms condition could bring as much as 10 at auction.
No mint mark face value. 191 550 000 silver content. They are worth about 10 to 13 cents each in circulated condition and as much as 50 cents or more if uncirculated. Well lots of 1943 steel wheat pennies still survive and that means there are plenty to go around to satisfy the needs of coin collectors.
Value of a 1943 steel penny. The 1943 bronze lincoln wheat penny. Most 1943 steel pennies that you ll find in circulation are pretty well worn and many that are worn exhibit rust. Here s the current 1943 steel wheat penny value.
While 1943 steel pennies are about as common as any other 1940s lincoln cent there is one variety from 1943 that stands out for its rarity. 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. The first column lists the date and mint mark followed by the buy. 65 cents to 25 00 value.
In 1943 the us was fighting in wwii and a copper shortage led them to issue steel pennies. 99 steel with a thin zinc coating total weight. These pennies are made of steel and coated in zinc. Steel wheat penny year.
They have the same design as the other wheat pennies. Steel wheat penny year. 1943 steel cents are u s. 0 01 usd total produced.
Approximately 30 to 40 1943 pennies were inadvertently struck on 1942 bronze coin planchets. 684 628 000 silver content.