1943 , 1943d and 1943s steal wheat pennys

[atruhlicka1]

I'm going insane with these pennies . I don't know what the heck to say. PlEase some advice!!

 

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[sprailroad]

I'm not sure what advice you seek atruhlicka1, but what I can tell you is 1943 was the only year they were made because of the need for brass during WWII. They are actually Zinc coated steel. The 1943 cent had 684,628,670 minted, the 43 D, 217,660,000, and the 43 S had 191,550,000 minted. Even though they were minted only one year, they only have a value money wise of 15 to 45 cents apiece. The .45cents for the 43 D in Very good condition, at least as of Oct. 2017. But they are pretty cool to have. Believe it not, at a "flea" market one time, a fella was trying to sell them for $20 each, as being "very rare", minted only one year. It's good to be informed.

 

[kingskid1611]

I have collected coins most of my life and have several rolls and a few boxes of them....they are worth keeping IMO

 

[Hawks88]

I would hold on to them as long as you can. It’s like everything else. They WILL go up in value.

 

[atruhlicka1]

Awesome thanks so much. Definitely gonna hold on to them. What about half dollars ranging from 1964 to 1977?

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Awesome thanks so much. Definitely gonna hold on to them. What about half dollars ranging from 1964 to 1977?

Have you ever just.....looked stuff up before asking and being "stumped"?

 

[atruhlicka1]

Have you ever just.....looked stuff up before asking and being "stumped"?

Of course. What do you think I been doing actually just looking at my coins and asking questions instead of doing the foot work myself? Well I get stumped and ask, after I research and aeensoamy different prices, errors, ECT. Sorry if I do not have the knowledge as you or others. I was told when I joined this group I can ask as much as I want. Thank you for being so concerned with my research of coins.

 

[port ewen ace]

pennies reign supreme-- my 1ST '99 WAM sold for $115, 1st '84 Doubled Ear for $100. sold many a penny error for $2 up to $50. buy a Redbook, a 20X or higher loupe and load up on soap................................for washin' da hands

 

[bottlebum]

buy a Redbook

This, and feel free to ask away. Saves me from having to do all of that looking up stuff.

 

[cudamark]

Awesome thanks so much. Definitely gonna hold on to them. What about half dollars ranging from 1964 to 1977?

What do you want to know about them? If they're worth keeping? If you want to keep some silver on hand, yes. The '64's are 90% silver, the '65-70 are 40% silver, the '71 and up business strikes have no silver....only some proofs and bicentennial coins had some silver in them. Any year can have value depending on condition and/or rarity. Generally speaking, your typical clad half would have to grade MS65 or better to have any substantial premium. Circulated ones usually aren't worth more than face value unless they're a rare version or mint error. You would have to evaluate each one for that.

 

[cudamark]

It's the copper cents dated 1943 that are worth the money, not the steelie's!

 

[Dozer D]

It's the copper cents dated 1943 that are worth the money, not the steelie's!

Don't forget about the possible few 1944 steelies made by mistake also, that can be a fortune.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I would just keep the coins and enjoy their beauty!

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, just keep them. They get stuck or thrown out of coin sorting machines all the time.

 

[enamel7]

Don't forget, you have better odds of being struck by lightning 10 times over than finding either of those coins in circulation!

 

[sprailroad]

Of course. What do you think I been doing actually just looking at my coins and asking questions instead of doing the foot work myself? Well I get stumped and ask, after I research and aeensoamy different prices, errors, ECT. Sorry if I do not have the knowledge as you or others. I was told when I joined this group I can ask as much as I want. Thank you for being so concerned with my research of coins.

Feel free to ask away. Two sources have been great information for me on domestic (US) coin's, the first was "Coins" magazine, a handy guide to have in my car with me, and a nice quick reference guide to just have on hand, it gave the # minted, the alloy makeup and the current value on different grades, although I do not know if it is still published, have not seen a copy in quite some while. I have an older copy because it shows the number of each coin minted that year, something the others do not. On the internet? Whoa, type in the coin type, and you have more infro. than you even need, a great tool. Very helpful on foreign coins as well.

 

[unclemac]

your half dollars are most likely worth 50 cents each, except for the 1964's which are in fact silver. you need to price each coin by date, mint mark and condition. if you are interested in collection coins there is a million ways to go about it. the first thing you need to do is decide "why" you want to collect, interest or investment, and then narrow it down to "what".