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Page 1 of 19 1 2 3 4 5 11 > Last »   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 05-08-2004, 02:55 PM   #1 (permalink) mercury Senior Member   Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 157 steel pennies you know how there used to be steel pennies, what happend to them?   05-08-2004, 03:00 PM   #2 (permalink) chevy Senior Member     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: virginia Posts: 347 the steel pennies were ONLY made in the year 1943 to save material for the war effort during WWII. These pennies were lapped up by many people as a peculiority or as an "investment" These pennies have a premium over other wheat cents from the same time period. Mr. Davis was very kind in giving me a set of 1943, 1943 d, and 1943 s coins that he put together himself. I should show you them sometime   05-08-2004, 03:04 PM   #3 (permalink) mercury Senior Member   Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 157 what are they worth?   05-08-2004, 03:08 PM   #4 (permalink) cdcda Senior Member     Join Date: May 2004 Location: NY Posts: 468 1943 was not the only year in which the materies used to make the Lincoln Cent were modified due to the need for copper for the war. In 1994 and 1945, Lincoln cents were made from recycled shell casings!   05-08-2004, 03:09 PM   #5 (permalink) chevy Senior Member     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: virginia Posts: 347 anywhere between 20 cents to 9 dollars a piece   05-08-2004, 03:10 PM   #6 (permalink) cdcda Senior Member     Join Date: May 2004 Location: NY Posts: 468 In average circulated condition a roll of steel pennies can be had for $8 - $15.   05-08-2004, 03:23 PM   #7 (permalink) mercury Senior Member   Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 157 have their been any other metals used in pennies?   05-08-2004, 03:26 PM   #8 (permalink) chevy Senior Member     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: virginia Posts: 347 yes, bronze was used in old indian head pennies and early wheatie cents. Copper was used in coins from 1944- 1961 (including the shell case cents of 1944, 1945, and 1946)   05-08-2004, 03:27 PM   #9 (permalink) mercury Senior Member   Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 157 i've never seen those, what do they look like?   05-08-2004, 03:31 PM   #10 (permalink) cdcda Senior Member     Join Date: May 2004 Location: NY Posts: 468 From 1946 until 1982 Lincoln cents were made from 95% copper and 5% zinc. From 1982 until the present, they were made from around 98% zinc and 2% copper.   05-08-2004, 03:34 PM   #11 (permalink) chevy Senior Member     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: virginia Posts: 347 wartime steel cents look like any ordinary wheatie cent (lincoln cents with an old design from 1909- 1959) except that they are silvery in color, like copper-nickel dimes and quarters   05-08-2004, 03:34 PM   #12 (permalink) chevy Senior Member     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: virginia Posts: 347 im pretty sure I showed you one before.   05-08-2004, 03:35 PM   #13 (permalink) mercury Senior Member   Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 157 i don't remember   05-08-2004, 03:36 PM   #14 (permalink) chevy Senior Member     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: virginia Posts: 347 ill show you it one of these days, maybe next week.   05-08-2004, 03:37 PM   #15 (permalink) cdcda Senior Member     Join Date: May 2004 Location: NY Posts: 468 http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents...dian_head.html   Page 1 of 19 1 2 3 4 5 11 > Last » Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « What's in 2007 Proof Sets | Wanna see a really cool looking Roosevelt dime??? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Steel pennies and nickels on the way davidh US Coins Forum 5 07-02-2008 04:59 PM blueish toned 1943 steel pennies urbanchemist US Coins Forum 4 04-11-2008 08:19 PM 1943 Steel Pennies!!! p91 Open 0 08-29-2007 03:00 PM Some Good Coin Auctions (Dollar Coin for $0.30, Steel Pennies for $1.45, etc) Wolfmight Auction Listings 0 01-24-2007 06:25 PM 1943 steel pennies william0104 Coin Chat 8 12-13-2006 09:48 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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