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<p>[QUOTE="BUncirculated, post: 1461338, member: 29581"]The only pennies that look like that are 1943 PDS that were zinc coated steel. </p><p><br /></p><p>Copper and brass were needed for the production of war materials during WWII and the Mint experimented with other materials to make up for the loss of copper and brass.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BUncirculated, post: 1461338, member: 29581"]The only pennies that look like that are 1943 PDS that were zinc coated steel. Copper and brass were needed for the production of war materials during WWII and the Mint experimented with other materials to make up for the loss of copper and brass.[/QUOTE]
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