1943 Steel Wheat Penny
If you are a collector of Wheat Pennies, then you probably know about the 1943 Steel Wheat Penny and the possibility of this penny being copper. These "wartime" pennies were made of steel because the copper was needed in the war to make shell casings. However, because the mint goofed, some of the wheat cents were minted with copper. If you have one of these in your collection, you have a very rare and valuable 1943 Wheat Penny!
Did you know?
- 1943 had 684,628,670 minted for circulation
- 1943-D had 217,660,000 minted for circulation
- 1943-S had 191,550,000 minted for circulation
- No proofs were minted from 1943 to 1949. This was due to World War II.
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