2006-12-30 04:43:46 · 8 answers · asked by deelee g 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Copper was an item needed for the War Effort. The cent is zinc plated steel. They minted 684,628,670 in Philadelphia, 217,660,000 in Denver have a D on them and 191,550,000 in San Francisco have an S on them. As some one said, they do rust easily and are commonly re-plated and sold as uncirculated, when they actually have wear. This question comes up a lot, don't they teach about WW II in school any more??
2006-12-30 08:30:31 · answer #1 · answered by Taiping 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the war (WWII) coins were made from different metals because some of the traditional ones were more needed for the war effort. Go to Google or Dogpile and type in '1943 penny' or '1943 silver-colored penny' and see what comes up. I think this will explain things better than I can.
2006-12-30 05:01:04 · answer #2 · answered by thejanith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That kind of penny was a special kind made of steel. That same year there were only a few hundred copper pennies made, and one 1943 copper penny is worth $40,000!!!!
2006-12-30 04:57:52 · answer #3 · answered by Pike Fisherman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 1943 penny was made from steel. It was originally coated with zinc to retard rusting. This was done to conserve copper for the production of brass shell casings during WW2.
2006-12-30 04:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No the penny is made from zinc,copper ,and steel.Some people say if that 1943 penny worth lots of money.If it sticks to a magnet it will worth about 50 cents.If it dont well you got yourself a good penny.I got one also mine doesnt stick.
2006-12-30 05:00:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
During WWII the US military needed copper for bomb casings.
So they substituted the copper pennies to a nickle alloy.
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2006-12-30 04:52:44 · answer #6 · answered by The Mac 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its steel and the us made them for three years during war
2006-12-30 04:52:20 · answer #7 · answered by wildrice64 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is steel, a magnet will pick it up
2006-12-30 07:21:51 · answer #8 · answered by cascadecoins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋