Valuable 1943 D Steel Penny Value

These valuable pennies are worth up to 200 000 and they might be in your pocket published thu jul 18 2019 2 35 pm edt updated thu sep 24 2020 10 44 am edt minda zetlin contributor mindazetlin.

Valuable 1943 d steel penny value.

A coin of average condition is worth approximately 45 cents. Many 1943 steel cents ultimately corroded beyond recognition or were otherwise lost to time. They are worth about 10 to 13 cents each in circulated condition and as much as 50 cents or more if uncirculated. If it was in circulation long enough the zinc coating completely wore off and the steel underneath would start to show through.

A 1943 steel wheat penny with a d mint mark in mint state with a ms certification by a top coin grading company is worth approximately 12 in an auction. 10 cents to 50 cents. 1943 d steel penny 217 660 000 minted. Of the over 12 000 1943 steel cents graded ms60 or above only 75 are in ms68.

All 1943 pennies are worth more than their face value but how much more is the question a lot of folks want to know the answer to. As the 1943 steel pennies circulated the zinc coating started to turn dark gray and almost black. In december 1943 it was agreed that these coins would be re minted in bronze but some coin blanks were leaked with the new wedges and very few units were produced in the previous year s. Hence these are relatively common coins and are worth relatively little in circulated grades.

1943 d denver mint cents 217 660 000. 15 cents to. None uncirculated but some in good. 1943 steel penny 684 628 670 minted.

Value of a 1943 steel penny. A regular 1943 steel penny is worth only a few cents. The first column lists the date and mint mark followed by the buy. 1943 s steel penny 191 550 000 minted.

The opposite case to the 1943 bronze coinage is the zinc plated steel coinage the 1944 wheat penny. 10 cents to 50 cents. 1942 d coins have similar values as the 1943 p but the 1943 s the lowest mintage of the trio is worth a bit more. Of course i only looked through half.

In that 3rd there are roughly 27 1944 wheat penny s 2 1944d wheat penny s 1 1943d steel and 1 1943 steel. Here s a rundown of the various types of 1943 wheat pennies and their values. However there are still millions of collectible 1943 pennies out there.