Rated penny 1943 steel

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  1. gianni

    gianni Active Member

    Hi, whot you think? AU55 up/down ???
     

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  3. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Scratch on the reverse. Strange marks on the obverse.
    It's less than a quarter if it hasn't been reprocessed. 1 cent if it has.
    I'll go AU-Details.
     
  4. jonathan layne

    jonathan layne Well-Known Member

    jacked up obverse, good looking reverse. how did you obtain it
     
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  5. gianni

    gianni Active Member

    in the drawer of my dad, objects of various kinds, including some tens of pennies. what it is worth to be unique aluminum penny this of 1943?
     
  6. gianni

    gianni Active Member

    I know it is not beautiful especially the very worn upright, nice on the reverse. however, to me it is a strange effect to see all the copper red copper penny and only this of 1943 in white aluminum. what degree can you give reaches AU55 ??? thank you
     
  7. jonathan layne

    jonathan layne Well-Known Member

    not worth much because of the super jacked up front, i would hold onto it just because they are very hard for me to find and because i mostly collect pennies. what you should really look for if you are interested in wartime coins are the wartime nickles and dimes. those would be worth more than face no matter what because of the silver content
     
  8. DallasCoinsNThings

    DallasCoinsNThings Numismaniac

    @gianni

    1943 U.S. Cents are not "White Aluminum." They are made of Low Grade Steel covered with Zinc. This was due to the War Effort and the need of Copper for that use during WWII in 1943. Even in a grade of AU55, it's probably worth 50 Cents... IF you could find someone to give that for it. At the coin shop I work at, we pay 4 Cents for Steel Pennies. I have rolls of them that are uncirculated, MS60+.

    That's the fun of Coin Collecting.... you learn something new every day!
     
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  9. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    It's not aluminum, it's steel with a zinc coating.
     
  10. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    The coin is worth a few cents. Nothing more. It's made of zinc plated steel.
     
  11. jonathan layne

    jonathan layne Well-Known Member

    also a lot of the coins that were minted after 1943 were stamped on brass planchets that were made of the melted bullet casings giving them a beautiful golden color
    i have a couple
     
  12. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    They made tons of these 1943 cents.
    There's no evidence that any cents were made from spent shell casings.
    The composition of the "shell case cents" are exactly the same as the other copper cents. There is nothing to account for your golden toned coins.
    Photos.
     
  13. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

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  14. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    The aluminum Cents where made in 1942 not 1943.
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  15. gianni

    gianni Active Member

    the usacoinbook report penny is STEEL only 1943 not 1942
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  16. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    @alurid
    I think you just created some more confusion!
     
  17. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    Sorry, I was bored.
     
  18. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Maybe you can explain what it is.. I want to also know ;)
     
  19. Kirkuleez

    Kirkuleez 80 proof

    The 1942 J-2078 is an aluminum alloy pattern which contains some silver. Presumably the Siver was added to increase the hardness by the mint.
     
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  20. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

    Non-production proto-type cent. If I remember right Glass was also on the list of alternative materials.
     
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  21. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    How many 1942 aluminums are there? I am aware of the 1974 story.
     
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