1943 Copper Penny, have you ever seen one and how many are known?

YaHa · February 22, 2008 2:43PM

When I was 10 years old and had my first paper route, when it was time to collect the payments from my subscribers, I always had to count the money I owed for the papers and then my tips. Well if some of you old timers remembered, you would get alot of change and I would sort through the pennies and look for the one Golden Ticket penny a 1943 COPPER penny, the few that got minted before the U.S. stop minting copper into coins because of the war. So appeared the 1943 steel cent.

I was wondering how many were really found, the highest grade and the most valuable 1943 copper out there. Lastly if you ever saw one of have one.

ArizonaJack · February 22, 2008 2:44PM

I saw one on Ebay for $99 BIN ???

Serious, I have never seen one aside from pictures, would be neat

savoyspecial · February 22, 2008 2:46PM

greg

Musca · February 22, 2008 2:48PM

There is an antique mall - Beaver Creek I think is the name- In West Virginia somewhere and one of the displays there has one displayed in a 2X2. I passed over it a few times until I noticed it- He has an absurd price tag on it- But it was the first time I ever saw one... Went straight to my books looking for an explanation of what it was and a mintage number...

Anyway- Saw one and if any one lives near there maybe worth a look.

Jason

christopherking · February 22, 2008 2:49PM

only about 40 are known to exist and all are in private collections. Value is around 200K

mgoodm3 · February 22, 2008 2:49PM

I have photo'd a 44 steelie

lordmarcovan · February 22, 2008 3:14PM

<< <i>There is an antique mall - Beaver Creek I think is the name- In West Virginia somewhere and one of the displays there has one displayed in a 2X2. I passed over it a few times until I noticed it- He has an absurd price tag on it- But it was the first time I ever saw one... Went straight to my books looking for an explanation of what it was and a mintage number...

Anyway- Saw one and if any one lives near there maybe worth a look.

Jason >>

No need to go straight to the books on that one. Go straight to the refrigerator and get a magnet. Then hold it over that coin.

Betcha a steel cent it'll go "click" and stick. That, or it's a 1948 that had the front half of the 8 ground off. I've seen those.

tightbudget · February 22, 2008 3:23PM

I think the finest known is a 61 brown from Philly.

robkool · February 22, 2008 4:00PM

I've seen a few, and they were all in the case... And they were P, D, & S mints...

mozeppa · February 22, 2008 5:59PM

held one once ...at a heritage auction.

went for 88k

pb2y · February 22, 2008 8:58PM

Mine is copper plated.

RichieURich · February 23, 2008 1:50AM

There are around 15 - 20 Philly 1943 bronze cents, 5 San Francisco and only 1 Denver. The Denver is the highest graded at I believe MS-64 and it sold for $212K a few years ago. But Christopher King is correct, all of the decent ones are worth around $200K now, so the only D in MS-64 is worth at least $500K to the right buyer now. Only the scratched up one and the one with a big acid spot on the obverse are worth significantly less than the $200K amount.

morgansforever · February 23, 2008 3:01AM

A pic from the book "Numismatic Forgery"

Hofmann claimed to have made a few.

Is it possible that some of his work is encapsulated?

If you have not read the book, get a copy, very interesting cook book.

lordmarcovan · February 23, 2008 9:24AM

Well, I just added the word "trussel" to my vocabulary, anyway.

I'll have to remember to use it in a sentence sometime.

Here. How about, "Mikey grimaced in complaint when his mother made him eat his all of his trussel sprouts."

ricko · February 23, 2008 9:39AM

LordM, you have a twisted streak... I like it...

Cheers, RickO

pontiacinf · February 23, 2008 9:54AM

<< <i>Well, I just added the word "trussel" to my vocabulary, anyway.

I'll have to remember to use it in a sentence sometime.

Here. How about, "Mikey grimaced in complaint when his mother made him eat his all of his trussel sprouts." >>

you crack me up

morgansforever · February 23, 2008 10:01AM

<<Well, I just added the word "trussel" to my vocabulary, anyway.>>

LordM, the book really opened my eyes to the deepest, darkest, areas of coins.

After reading about all the methods, you start to wonder what is real.

coolest · February 23, 2008 11:32AM

In the early 70's I was about 10 and I had some interest in coin collecting. My collection was strictly limited to circulating change. Mostly I would get penny rolls from the bank. Anyway a friend knowing my interest showed me his tiny collection of Lincoln cents. I think they were in a small can. several of the coins were 1943 steel cents but one had a very funny color like it was stained brown with much surface damage. We tried to confirm that it was an authentic and "rare" steel cent, by trying to pick it up with a magnet. It had no attraction to our magnet like the rest of the 1943 cents and we were just left with a mystery. Until years latter when I realized that we probably had a real copper 1943 cent in your little hands (in a tin cup along with several other wheat cents worth face value). And no, I have no idea where it is now. I never did have a chance to tell my childhood friend what I think he had.

1943 Copper Penny, have you ever seen one and how many are known?

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