1 Cent "Steel Cent" obverse1 Cent "Steel Cent" reverse
United States

1 Cent "Steel Cent" · “Steel Cent

United States · 1943–1944 · Zinc_clad_steel

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The 1943 Steel Cent: the year the penny went to war

In 1943, the U.S. Mint did something it had never done before and would never do again: it struck more than a billion pennies out of zinc-coated steel. Copper was a weapon of war, and the cent had to give it up.

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Date19431
Grade661
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