Silver penny

[CREATURE850]

I have a silver wheat penny dated 1943.and was wondering if anyone knows anything about them and where is could go to attempt to sell it.

 

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[Beeps in my sleep]

I have a silver wheat penny dated 1943.and was wondering if anyone knows anything about them and where is could go to attempt to sell it.

See if it is magnetic You have a steel Wheat Cent.

 

[CREATURE850]

See if it is magnetic You have a steel Wheat Cent.

I will check when I get home,then post an update

 

[Bucket Lister]

It's not silver; it's a steel Lincoln cent.

1943 steel cent - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's worth somewhere between 10¢ & 25¢

Now if you found a copper/bronze 1943 cent--or better yet, a 1944 steel cent--you'd really have something! 😲

 

[1wvhunter]

That is a Steel Penny. Copper was used in the making of ammunition during WW2, thus the pennies were made of Steel for 1943. Not worth much as Bucket Lister has stated. But also, as was stated, "if you found a copper/bronze 1943 cent--or better yet, a 1944 steel cent--you'd really have something! " There were a few mistaken 1943s made on copper/bronze planchet. Also, I few steel planchets made it into 1944 run, when they went back to a copper planchet.
Those would be worth something.

 

[unclemac]

by 1944 the pennies were being made from recycled shell casings...

 

[galenrog]

1943 was the year of the zinc plated steel cent. It is not silver. I have a few hundred lying about.

In 1944, the mint transitioned back to a copper based alloy, primarily by utilizing spent shell casings.

Any discussion on the 1943 cent would not be complete without touching on a very few issues that are common when the mint changes alloys. A few stray planchets intended for 1942 were struck in 1943, resulting in 1943 bronze cents. This occurred at ALL mints. Total is believed, by various “experts” to be between a few hundred to a few thousand.

A similar incident occurred in 1944, resulting in a few 1944 steel cents.

Time for more coffee.

 

[xr7ator]

The mint continued to use shell casings for 1945 and 1946.
I've got uncirculated rolls of 43D's and 43 philly's and my dad has a roll of uncirculated 43S's that I'll probably end up with as well.
Coins are cool.

 

[CREATURE850]

I will check when I get home,then post an update

I forgot to check when I got home,it is steel

 

[CREATURE850]

The mint continued to use shell casings for 1945 and 1946.
I've got uncirculated rolls of 43D's and 43 philly's and my dad has a roll of uncirculated 43S's that I'll probably end up with as well.
Coins are cool.

I have a lot of coins I've been collecting from childhood.still collecting.i have old and foreign coins of all kinds.

 

[jerseydevil523]

Nice Find

 

[Trezurehunter]

As others have said, it's a steel penny minted in 1943 only because they needed the copper for WW11 efforts. It's probably worth it just to keep it, as it won't be worth much at all. In most cases, under a dollar.