If you have any 1943 wheat pennies, it’s worth taking them to a coin dealer to see how much you might get for them. This penny somehow missed the 1944 transition from steel-coated zinc to copper ...
In the early 1940s, the U.S. used zinc-coated ... free” 1943 penny went for $264,000 at auction earlier this year, Heritage Auctions previously announced. Another wheat penny from 1944 ...