These coins can be worth much more than ... the tendency to quickly lose its zinc coating and then rust, the 1943 steel penny has become a popular collector's item as its unique history sets ...

Usually, the Lincoln penny was made of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. The composition used for the pennies struck ... you might think that the steel penny isn’t really that valuable. That’s ...

The 1943 Lincoln copper penny is made of 95% copper and 5% tin and Zinc ... how a coin with a face value of 1 cent will be sold for around $186,000 to $372,000? That’s amazing.

If you find the right one, it could be worth more than your car or house. The most valuable U.S. cent is the 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny ... of 95% copper and 5% zinc, Numismatic News ...

The staggering value ... In 1943, the US Mint stopped using bronze for penny production to conserve the material for the war effort. Instead, pennies were made from steel coated with zinc.