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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Red Toad, post: 402388, member: 15261&quot;]Does anyone know what the composition of the 1943 steel cent is?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Everything I find on the net says either 100% steel (which doesn&#039;t account for the zinc, or zinc-coated steel (which doesn&#039;t tell me the proportions).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The current cents show as 99.2% zinc and 0.8% copper.&nbsp; I was just wondering if anyone had data on the 1943 cents.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And to be even more nerdy, does anyone know what the actual composition of the steel was?&nbsp;&nbsp; Every other US coin can be broken down into an actual element (silver, copper, gold, nickel, tin)&nbsp; So how much iron and how much carbon?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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