1943 stainless "COPY" novelty penny

I know this is not a real penny but why was this made? Part of a set? Was it really made in 1943? Just curious.

 

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That's a steel penny they were made in 1943 only to save materials for the war effort. It is a real penny and can be spent like any other coin. But I recommend that you keep it as it is cool and a part of history.


Edit I didn't see the picture fully it's a knock of made in China not legal tender

 

That thing is comically ugly.

 

Well, for once someone put COPY on it. As if we on CT would need that designation. Poor Abe looks like a Halloween caricature.

Steve

 

It was made in the US as a novelty piece.

 

The real question here is- why fake a common 1943 steel cent?
The only ‘43 fakes I’ve commonly seen imitate the copper, rather than steel planchet coin.

 

I'd remove "copy" from it so I could spend it.

 

A copy steel cent would most likely cost more than a genuine one!

 

As bad as it is I’d still give one cent for it I’d just make sure that it was a Zincoln lol.

Reed

 

My question is who did they try to make the bust look like?? I assume a political token. Jim

 

I thought it looked like a young Pete Townsend.

 

I wonder if it was supposed to be a caricature of someone else for a joke of some sort... because it really doesn't look like Lincoln... and I'm not sure that it's supposed to look like Lincoln...

 

Maybe its a coin club president or someone.

 

Yep.. Fake

 

I also have one of these....Did anyone find it to have any value? From the comments it does not appear so

 

Yes..