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- 1943 1c Steel MS
1943 1c Steel MS
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS66
Source: CAC Grading
1943 1c PCGS MS66
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS62
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS66
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS66
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS62
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC AU58
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS67
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS66+
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS65
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS68
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC UNC DETAILS
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS66
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS63
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC MS67
Source: CAC Grading
1943 Steel 1c CAC AU DETAILS
Source: CAC Grading
1C 1943-P,D,S SET. PCGS MS68 CAC
Source: Legend Auctions
1C 1943-P,D,S SET. PCGS MS68 CAC
Source: Legend Auctions
1C 1943-P,D,S SET. PCGS MS68 CAC
Source: Legend Auctions
1943 1c PCGS MS67
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins
Greysheet Catalog Details (GSID: 1977)
When the United States formally entered World War II, the nation began rationing key materials to help the military effort. To save copper for ammunition, the United States approved minting Lincoln cents from a zinc-plated steel composition. This new format was first used in 1943, with steel cents replacing the traditional bronze composition that had been used through 1942.
Steel cents are popular coins both from the standpoint of collecting and also in terms of their marketability to non-collectors, many of whom have never seen steel cents before and find them novel. Dealers, particularly the major distributors, often sell 1943 steel cents to non-collectors as a type of gateway coin to hook non-numismatists into collecting. More than 1 billion 1943 steel cents were made across all three mints that produced them, and the Philadelphia-minted specimens are common in grades through MS67. In MS68 they're extremely scarce.
Obverse: Bust of Abraham Lincoln framed by IN GOD WE TRUST on the top periphery. The word LIBERTY to the left of the portrait and the date and mintmark (If any) positioned on the right side.
Reverse: Wheat ears flanking the words ONE CENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The motto E PLURIBUS UNUM on the top perimeter.
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