You can test it yourself by melting a penny and exposing the zinc to a magnet. Pennies made after 1982 should contain zinc with a thin layer of copper. As copper is not magnetic, you can conduct this experiment by focusing on zinc. ...
Most 1943 steel Lincoln pennies aren’t worth much above their face value (one cent). This may come as something of a surprise to the many who believe these coins are quite valuable. That common misperception likely stems from the popularity of the well-known 1943 bronze cents. This off-...
1943: Steel pennies Steve Lovegrove // Shutterstock 1943: Steel pennies Copper was critical to the American war effort during World War II. In order to ensure as much copper as possible could be used for equipment wiring, the U.S. Mint used steel and zinc to create pennies until 1944. Se...
1943: Steel pennies Steve Lovegrove // Shutterstock 1943: Steel pennies Copper was critical to the American war effort during World War II. In order to ensure as much copper as possible could be used for equipment wiring, the U.S. Mint used steel and zinc to create pennies until 1944. Se...
1943: Steel pennies Steve Lovegrove // Shutterstock 1943: Steel pennies Copper was critical to the American war effort during World War II. In order to ensure as much copper as possible could be used for equipment wiring, the U.S. Mint used steel and zinc to create pennies until 1944. Se...
1943: Steel pennies Steve Lovegrove // Shutterstock 1943: Steel pennies Copper was critical to the American war effort during World War II. In order to ensure as much copper as possible could be used for equipment wiring, the U.S. Mint used steel and zinc to create pennies until 1944. Se...
1943: Steel pennies Copper was critical to the American war effort during World War II. In order to ensure as much copper as possible could be used for equipment wiring, the U.S. Mint used steel and zinc to create pennies until 1944. Several silver 1944 pennies and copper 1943 pennies we...
1943: Steel pennies Steve Lovegrove // Shutterstock 1943: Steel pennies Copper was critical to the American war effort during World War II. In order to ensure as much copper as possible could be used for equipment wiring, the U.S. Mint used steel and zinc to create pennies until 1944. Se...
How many 1943 copper pennies have been found? “Approximately 40 1943 copper–alloy centsare known to remain in existence. Coin experts speculate that they were struck by accident when copper–alloy 1–cent blanks remained in the press hopper when production began on the new steel pennies.” ...
1943: Steel pennies Copper was critical to the American war effort during World War II. In order to ensure as much copper as possible could be used for equipment wiring, the U.S. Mint used steel and zinc to create pennies until 1944. Several silver 1944 pennies and copper 1943 pennies we...