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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LakeEffect, post: 5388035, member: 43201&quot;]I see where your confusion is coming from.</p><p><br /></p><p>All pennies prior to 1982 were bronze, <span style="color: #0000ff"><i>except in 1943, when they made them out of steel</i>.</span> There is a very rare error where they accidentally made a 1943 penny out of bronze. That web site is showing you how to test for this rare bronze 1943 penny vs a faked copper plated steel penny. Don&#039;t worry about it, none of us will ever find one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since yours is from 1909, it will of course be bronze, as you found out.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, finding a 1909 cent in 2021 is pretty cool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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