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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;paddyman98, post: 8128262, member: 44615&quot;]You have to know how they were made. They were not intentionally made. They were left over Copper blanks from the previous year they were struck. Nobody knows the exact number and they occurred at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 40</p><p><a href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/19990308-special-1943-copper-penny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/19990308-special-1943-copper-penny" rel="nofollow">What&#039;s So Special About 1943 Copper Penny? | U.S. Mint (usmint.gov)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s known as a Transitional Mint Error. Same thing happened in 1944 when leftover steel blanks were struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a great CoinWeek article - <a href="https://coinweek.com/us-coins/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-1943-copper-penny/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/us-coins/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-1943-copper-penny/" rel="nofollow">Everything You Need to Know About the 1943 Copper Penny (coinweek.com)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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