Steel Cent Bill Opposed By U.S. Mint
The U.S. House of Representatives has finally taken some action in an endeavour to solve the current penny crisis. The question of whether or not to do away with the penny is being put aside for the time being.
1943 steel cent
A common question I see is regarding a silver-colored cent. People wonder if they've found a valuable rare coin, but the reality is that they are relatively common.
1944 d steel cent
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In the fall of 1943, the Treasury announced that no steel cents would be produced after December 31, 1943 and that the mint would produce cents from the pre-war alloy, but without tin.
ICG-Independent Coin Grading-of Englewood, Colorado recently authenticated and graded the finest known 1944 steel cent. ICG gave the coin-struck on a zinc-coated steel planchet at the Philadelphia Mint-a grade of MS-64.
steel cent: the 1943 Lincoln Cents struck of zinc-coated steel as an emergency replacement for the usual bronze.
Stella: nickname for the $4 gold patterns struck in 1879 and 1880.
steel cent Common name for the 1943 cents (and certain 1944 cents struck on left-over steel blanks) struck in steel and plated with zinc.
steelies Slang for 1943 steel cents.
steel cent
Refers to pennies made in 1943 and 1944 that were struck from steel and coated in zinc.
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Steel cent
1943 cents - and certain 1944 cents struck on leftover steel blanks - struck in steel and plated with zinc.
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The 1943 steel cent, also known as a steelie, was a variety of the U.S. one-cent coin which was struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper.
Steel cents weigh 2.7 grams, copper cents weigh 3.11 grams.
Steel cents are attracted to a magnet, copper cents aren't.
Compare the digits on a 1943 steel cent with your coin.
Steelies
Steel cents issued in 1943 due to copper being named a critical wartime metal.
Zinc-coated steel cents of 1943, common and inexpensive today, are interesting as they represent a pivotal time in our nation's history, when copper went to war and had more important uses than making Lincoln pennies.
zinc coated steel cent; the token being 2.8 grams in weight, 19 mm in diameter and struck in an apparently homogeneous and highly magnetic steel alloy with a specific gravity of 7.657. (For comparison, a 1943 "steel cent" weighs 2.
Get a few steel cents, take them to a group of youth and explain that these were made during the war. Explain the historical context and the personal sacrifice people were asked to make. If you are old enough, share personal experiences.
Over one billion 1943 steel cents were produced at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints, making this a very common coin. However, many people found the new "look" fascinating and saved, rather than spend, the new steel cent.
(The raised head of the quarter or cent tend to fill the engraved part of the die.) If you choose to press steel cents, which tend to be very hard on the machines and roll short, be aware that some machines, as you may have noticed, ...
American Numismatic Association
... back and steel cents; a very rare 1909-S VDB Lincoln penny valued at $350; Buffalo ... gold
pieces to help them discover history right in their own hands. ...
Start your search on 1909-S VDB CENT.
United States coinage
History of the Lincoln cent
1943 steel cent
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Less than a dozen genuine 1943 Bronze Cents are known, but there are literally tens of thousands of copper-plated 1943 Steel Cents. Test a suspect 1943 Bronze Cent with a magnet. If the coin is attracted to the magnet, it's been copper-plated.
Another item is the Mixed Coin Collection/Capped Bust/Seated/V-Nick full of old coins--including 1943 steel cents. So how do you bid on an item? What if the bid seems too high?
First thing to do is check it with a magnet, if it sticks, it is a plated steel cent. If it doesn't stick to a magnet, the odds are still much better that it is a fake or an altered coin than the real thing.
The denomination is not stated on this coin, however, it is the size of a one-cent piece, made of bronze, and certainly created during the Mint's attempt to find a suitable copper substitute, which they accomplished, producing the steel cent in 1943.
 See also: Steel, Coin, Mint, Cent, Copper
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