| Author |
 Replies: 10 / Views: 1,186 |
|
|
New Member
Australia
19 Posts |
hi; I am Australian and have a 1943 lincoln 1cent coin but it is silver and the others I have are coppery help ple ASE |
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
827 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
Rob, it is zinc over steel. in 1943, due to the need for copper for shell casings, the treasury decided to make them out of something else.
Jim
P.S. if you find one in copper (there are a few) get excited.
Edited by Jim1953
12/08/2007 6:02 pm
|
|
New Member
 Australia
19 Posts |
Thanks Jim,the others I have are 1911,41,44,45
they are coppery
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
1943 is the only year the steel cent was produced and even though they are a one year type they aren't rare at all
|
|
New Member
United States
31 Posts |
I buy a bunch of them for USD$0.25 each and spend them. People look at them, shrug, and put them in the cash-register.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
quote:
I buy a bunch of them for USD$0.25 each and spend them
I hope you aren't saying you are paying 25 times face for them and spending them for face because that is a great way to go broke fast |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
These coins while they were minted in the hundreds of millions can be very rare in the very high grades ,, these coins were particularly susceptible to the environment and did not last long in mint condition if improperly stored ,, and then add to that the millions which have been re plated ruining their numismatic integrity ,,the very high grade original cents can be considered to be fairly rare .
Metalman
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Australia
2830 Posts |
G'day,
quote:
"... that is a great way to go broke fast"
- 25 times faster than any way I can think of.
Peter in Oz
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
I keep about 50 of them (mostly good grades) in plastic tubes just for the heck of it......they're neat.....they're historical........and they're unlike any of the other pennies. I don't keep them to become a millionaire off of them......they're just cool and deserve to be in my collection for that reason alone ! Maybe once they're 100 hundred years old they'll be a little more valuable. My kids or grandkids or surely "somebody" will appreciate the ones I have someday long after I'm gone.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
Also, the 2 years after that are made from brass from used ammo casing.
|
| |
Replies: 10 / Views: 1,186 |
|
Posted 12/08/2007 6:01 pm
