Certain pennies are more valuable than others. A copper penny from 1943 is valuable. At this time, steel was used to make pennies instead of copper because copper was needed for the war effort.

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During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched to zinc-coated steel pennies to conserve copper for military use. However, a small number of 1943 pennies were mistakenly struck in copper, making ...

The most valuable wheat penny is the 1943-D struck on bronze at the Denver Mint ... World War II was raging, and copper was ...

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