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.
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?
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
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
@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!
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
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.
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.
Non-production proto-type cent. If I remember right Glass was also on the list of alternative materials.