Rare Penny

this is a rare 1943 made of steel the text isn't so good so i am going to add annotations when i can

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• penny
• 1943
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[usmctate]

If you had one made of copper from 1943 it would be worth hundreds of thousands.

[MindlessAryEl]

Hey I had one of those.... but I lost it

[aceinlasvegas]

@robochikenleg That depends of what kind of condition it's in and where it was minted (little D under the date, Denver mint; S, San Francisco mint; No letter = P for plane, Philadelphia mint). Look up 1913 pennies on eBay, find one that looks like yours and see what it's going for.

[aceinlasvegas]

99% of the pennies minted in 1943 were made of zinc, because they needed to save copper for WWII. These zinc pennies are known as "steel pennies" and there are a bazillion of them out there. A 1943 penny that's a regular copper penny is extremely rare and very valuable.

[SacredSocietyAP]

@robochikenleg $8,000

[brittreid16]

Thats a wheat penny it has the same value as any other penny

[n00bJesus]

@robochikenleg its weight in copper

[robochikenleg]

I have a penny from 1913 I found it in my yard near where we think an old 1800's blacksmith shop was how much does anyone think its worth?

[booty520]

i have a 1976 silver penny is it a rae coin

[shasha2727]

@hugoantiochca IF you have real gold coins, take them to a TRUSTWORTHY coin dealer, and be certain to get reliable references. Someone can give you very low appraisals, and unless you retain the item, you'll never know. Photograph each coin if at all possible, both sides, and take them to 3 or more dealers for estimates. Some will be worth more than raw material value because of their age. Silver coins are worth in excess of 17x face value at minimum due to material. Proceed with caution!