are silver pennies (us) rare?

i forgot all about one of my silver pennies. it is a little eaten away so i can only read that it came from the 1940's.

 

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I think your referring to a zinc-coated steel 1943 cent. They are not rare. Quite a few were minted. It has to be in great condition to be worth a couple bucks.

 

1943 the mint made steel cents to preserve copper and brass for the war.

John

 

so are all of these types of pennies wheatie, or no because mine is?

 

yep, wheats were minted from 1909 to 1958

 

o ok that is good to know i was just wondering

 

i have found a 1943 steel coated penny in my dresser also try puting a magnet to them they will be extreamly attracted to them

 

not zinc, steel

 

owing to a shortage of copper during the critical war year 1943, the treasury department resorted to the use of zinc-coated steel for cents. no bronze cents were officially issued in 1943. a few specimens struck on bronze planchets by error are known to exist. through a similar error, a few of the 1944 cents were struck on steel planchets. (got this from the redbook, in case your wondering ) 1943-25cents 1943D-25 cents, 1943S 35 cents. also look for a bold D in the 1943D. these were doubled and are worth about $6 each.

 

Also they were refered to as lead pennies, cuz I think people didn't like them for some reason. Just a bit of trivia for you. Still an interesting coin.

Phoenix

 

actually they're zinc plated steel

 

yea i know here it is http://www.chatevo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=57432#post57432 i couldnt figure out how to put up a picture