I found a 1943 silver penny which is in very good condition. Help what is it worth if anything?

Answer 1

It's only worth 1 cent. If you find a 1943 copper penny it's worth around $10,000. There is only one still in circulation

Answer 2

Silver Penny 1943 Value

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I found a 1943 silver penny which is in very good condition. Help what is it worth if anything?

Answer 4

The person that goes on about the 1943 copper cent must not have noticed you said silver. Well it is not silver but made of zinc coated steel. The copper was needed for the war effort and as usual the government screwed up with the metals used, that is why it only lasted one year. The coins started to rust almost immediately. It was not one of their best ideas. They are not scarce and I find one every once in a while in change. There were 684,628,670 minted in Philadelphia, 217,660,000 in Denver and 191,550,000 struck at the San Francisco mint. They sell for .10 to .75 in circulated grades and a few dollars in mint state. A lot of the ones that look mint state actually have wear, if you look close, they have been replated. Hope this helps.

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According to the American Numismatic Association, the 1943 copper-alloy penny is one of the most idealized and potentially one of the most sought-after items in American numismatics. Nearly all circulating pennies at that time were struck in zinc-coated steel because copper and nickel were needed for the Allied war effort.

Approximately 40 of the 1943 copper-alloy pennies (one cent pieces) are known to remain in existence. Coin experts speculate that they were struck by accident when copper-alloy 1-cent blanks remained in the press hopper when production began on the new steel pennies.


If you have a 1943 penny that looks like this or is discolored or black, you own one of the millions of "steel pennies" that are not rare nor valuable in circulated condition.

An Extremely Valuable Coin
A 1943 copper cent was first offered for sale in 1958, bringing more than $40,000. A subsequent piece sold for $10,000 at an ANA convention in 1981. The highest amount paid for a 1943 copper cent was $82,500 in 1996. Because of its collector value, the 1943 copper cent has been counterfeited by coating steel cents with copper or by altering the dates of 1945, 1948, and 1949 pennies.

The easiest way to determine if a 1943 one cent is made of steel, and not copper, is to use a magnet. If it sticks to the magnet, it is not copper and is worth about 50 cents. If it does not stick, the coin might be of copper and should be authenticated by an expert.

Do you have a 1943 Copper Penny
If you have a coin that you think might be the rare 1943 copper penny, you should take it to the nearest coin shop immediately for confirmation. It's useless to call anyone on the phone and describe your coin as a numismatist must SEE your coin in person to authentic it.

You'll find the Yellow Pages phone directory an excellent resource for finding your nearest coin dealer. Do not call Austin Rare Coins about pennies as we deal primarily in rare gold and silver dollars, we therefore have limited expertise on copper pennies.

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They're steel, they aren't silver. They're worth 12-15 cents in circulated condition.

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You should find a website, or a store or something like that where they can tell you if it's worth anything or not. Just be very careful though, and DO NOT SPEND IT! Good luck!

Answer 8

the penny is not silver but, a mixture of tin and something else. they made these during WW2 because copper was needed for the war effort not coins. really not worth much

Answer 9

It isn't silver,it is steel. Probably worth about a quarter.....

Answer 10

Go to the website for Heritage Coins. They've got all the answers.