1943 D steel wheat

Altrent75

Sharing pictures, given to me by my grandfather. He told me it would be worth something someday. I think its priceless! Information on this? Thanks.

jmlanzaf

It's a steel cent, quite common. They sell for about 10 cents

CRH4LIFE

I recommend holding your coins this way (even if they have numismatic value or not)
Also not my coin**

davewesen

does it stick to a magnet?

yosclimber

A classic wartime Lincoln cent.
Fun to find them, but so many were made and saved that they go for around 10 cents, as @jmlanzaf noted.

jmlanzaf

@davewesen said:
does it stick to a magnet?

huh? You think it might be a steel plated copper 1943 cent?!?!?!?

Altrent75

Yes, it does stick to a magnet.

Altrent75

@CRH4LIFE said:
I recommend holding your coins this way (even if they have numismatic value or not)
Also not my coin**

Thank you for the advice! I am new to coin collecting, so still learning!

winesteven

Despite the low value, treasure it, as it was given to you by your grandfather. It’s also unique, since in that year the U.S. government needed all the copper they could get for ammunition (shell casings?), hence that’s the ONLY year Lincoln Cents were made out of steel.

Altrent75

Thank you for your comment it is very treasured and history alone makes it unique!

AUandAG

I used to do stuff like that. Give my boss common stuff and called it rare and hold on to it till you retire. Got me perks nobody else got and he had/has no clue they are all worthless except the few that have silver in them. Told him to hoard all 1965 quarters and he did...and grab all the 1976 quarters and halves(drummer boys)..pulled them all from the registers and even had the secretaries in different offices pull them and save for him...
Boy I had fun. Save those Ikes, get every SBA, IKE and SAC you can and save them all. He wasted more time looking than I care to imagine.

Funny thing is he will have a bunch of spending money when he does retire.

bob

Hemispherical

@Altrent75

As mentioned hold by the edge. Some corrosion.

Keep your grandpa’s cent in 2x2. Pass it on in the family.

ricko

Nice old steel cent... all the history is above...Most important part is, it was given to you by your Grandfather...Treasure it.... and pass it down... Cheers, RickO

dpoole

I think practically everybody hoarded the steel cents in the late 40s and 50s, because they were an unusual one-off issue with a war-time story behind them (the government wanted to save on copper because of supply interference).

They made about 494 million of them at the three mints, though, so they have never been scarce.

I'll bet lots of grandfathers told lots of kids the same thing back then. I know mine did! (And yes, I still have a Geisler's Bird Foods jar full of them. Probably the jar is worth more now )

lordmarcovan

@winesteven said:
Despite the low value, treasure it, as it was given to you by your grandfather. It’s also unique, since in that year the U.S. government needed all the copper they could get for ammunition (shell casings?), hence that’s the ONLY year Lincoln Cents were made out of steel.

^ This.

It is a common coin and not worth much monetarily (nor is it ever likely to be), but sentimentality priceless. And historical.

JBK

It is a classic example of an excellent historical artifact regardless of a monetary value. It is a real history lesson.