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1943 (6) Lincoln Steel Pennies

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1943 (6) Lincoln Steel Pennies

  • (5) 1943
  • (1) 1943-D

In 1943 the United States was preparing for war in Europe and the Pacific. Copper is an essential metal in the manufacturing of ammunition. To save copper for the war effort, the United States Mint began making pennies from steel with a thin coating of zinc under the authority of Congress. This gave the penny a silver color instead of the normal orange/brown copper color.

A variety of the U.S. one-cent coin with the same design of the copper Lincoln cent, the 1943 zinc-coated steel penny is a wartime issue which was struck in steel due to shortages of copper during World War II. These were minted in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco thus, the mark P, D, and S below the "1943" on the obverse.

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