Something caught my eye when I emptied my pocket change on the hotel table. Oh, look, an old "wheat" penny. You don't see many of those in the wild anymore. I turned it over to see the date. Cool, 1944.
A 1943 copper penny would make you rich. As I recall from my childhood Coin collecting days, only 7 were made, The rest of 43's were zinc. These days I would imagine it's worth a pretty penny. Pretty to the toon of hundreds Of thousands of dollars. That's one way To squeeze change out of a Lincoln.
1943 were steel pennies. I think the one that John Spoken is thinking about was 1909(s). That one was rare. I have the steel ones (circulated) which aren't of much value. I have the 1909 in fair condition, but not the one minted in San Francisco.
I wonder if that one has collector's value?
ReplyDeleteHmmm. The internet says about 15 cents. In mint condition it would be worth about $6.
Isn't that one of the steel years to accommodate the wartime need for copper?
ReplyDeleteI remember "steelies" but this one is copper.
DeleteA 1943 copper penny would make you rich. As I recall from my childhood
ReplyDeleteCoin collecting days, only 7 were made,
The rest of 43's were zinc. These days I would imagine it's worth a pretty penny. Pretty to the toon of hundreds
Of thousands of dollars. That's one way
To squeeze change out of a Lincoln.
That thing is as old as me. LOL
ReplyDelete1943 were steel pennies. I think the one that John Spoken is thinking about was 1909(s). That one was rare. I have the steel ones (circulated) which aren't of much value. I have the 1909 in fair condition, but not the one minted in San Francisco.
ReplyDeleteJohn was right. I stand corrected. There were copper pennies in 1943.
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