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1943 Steel Penny: Do you have this coin? Find out its value!

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1943 Steel Penny: Do you have this coin?

Among all the coins minted during World War II one of the most fascinating and costly is the 1943 Steel Wheat Penny. The penny was made out of steel when copper was hard to come by. But a few pieces of copper got through and such are the rarity nowadays. This blog post will discuss … Read more

Value of 1943 Steel Penny?

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The Steel Wheat Penny was a wartime coin issued in 1943, with an unusually interesting history.The 1943 steel or silver wheat cent is one of those chapters in American numismatic history that is without peer. Coins during World War II needed to be made of zinc-coated steel rather than the usual copper because such efforts … Read more