The penny in question is labeled as a 1943 1C Struck on a Bronze Planchet ... zinc-coated steel planchets for Lincoln cent production that year, instead of the traditional bronze coin blanks.

The highest price ever seen for a bronze Lincoln 1943-S penny was sold to collector Bob R. Simpson, co-chairman of the Texas ...

As with just about any asset, a coin's value is determined by its market demand. This means that coins in short supply often ...

Well, you may want to check your coins ... penny is the 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny which is incredibly valuable due to a mistake. During World War II, pennies were made of zinc-coated steel ...

The penny was one of the first ... There is only one of the coins known to be in existence – struck at the Denver Mint on a bronze planchet - Yahoo said, but others could exist.

If you have any 1943 wheat pennies, it’s worth taking them to a coin dealer to see how much you might get for them. This penny somehow missed the 1944 transition from steel-coated zinc to copper ...

Pennies cost more to make than they’re worth. So why is it so difficult to stop making them? On the latest episode of ...

"As an avid collector of coins, the coin collecting community is excited as the discontinuation of the penny is a historic event and it brings a renewed interest in rare and valuable editions ...

Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it’s a penny ... steel, would be ineffective. Plastics and polymers would also prove difficult, especially when put into coin ...