Investing in the 1943 Steel Penny is like uncovering a small, silvery relic from America’s World War II era—where necessity turned copper into steel and created one of the most distinctive coins in ...

The 1943 steel penny remains one of the most famous coins in U.S. numismatic history. With copper required for World War II military equipment, the United States Mint experimented with alternative ...

During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched to zinc-coated steel pennies to conserve copper for military use. However, a small number of 1943 pennies were mistakenly struck in copper, making them ...

It's a well-known fact that the humble penny costs more to make than it's worth. And quite a bit more, as it turns out. Because of inflation in metal prices, the U.S. Mint disclosed in 2022 that each ...

The U.S. Treasury Department stopped producing pennies. What does this mean for collectors and the value of the penny? Here's ...

Correction: This story and headline have been updated to reflect that the auction house estimate of the coin's value was $170,000, not $1 million. A rare copper penny that a Massachusetts man found in ...

Certain pennies are more valuable than others. A copper penny from 1943 is valuable. At this time, steel was used to make pennies instead of copper because copper was needed for the war effort. Some ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Don Lutes Jr. kept the 1943 copper penny he ...

Q: I believe I have a 1943 copper Lincoln penny. J.S. Answer: It’s extremely unlikely that you do have one, but it could be worth a lot if you actually do. “The odds are basically like playing the ...

Discover the complete 1944 penny error list, including rare steel pennies, D/S mint mark varieties, doubled dies, off-center ...