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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2739885, member: 69760&quot;]Will all of the hype given to the 1943 copper and 1944 steel pennies, I couldn&#039;t help but wonder - what about the 1947 cartridge case or shell case cent? If it does exist, that&#039;s <i>got</i> to be the most under-recognized variety out there, right? As some of you know, 1944-1946 Wheat cents were made using a different copper alloy, composed of melted down ammo / munitions casings, which had a composition of 95% copper and 5% zinc. Wheat cents previous to and after these three years, besides the steel cent, had a composition of 95% copper, 4% zinc, and 1% tin. </p><p><br /></p><p>IIRC, there weren&#039;t enough recyclable casings to supply the entire coinage of cents. However, could it be possible that the shell case sheets or blanks were made well into 1946, and carried over for use in 1947? You&#039;ll probably need something like an XRF Analyzer to figure it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? Is the shell case too minute of a difference to mean much to collectors?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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