$35,000.00 to $81,000.00
$10,000
it is not rare enough to have any value [will have value in about 3 years]
The 1943 silver wheat penny is made of steel coated with zinc. During World War 2, every bit of copper was needed to make shell casings. Therefore the penny was made out of steel during 1943 so all sources of copper could be used for the shell casings.
A geniune 1943-D copper cent would have a value of about $50,000.00
$35,000.00 to $81,000.00
$10,000
it is not rare enough to have any value [will have value in about 3 years]
The 1943 silver wheat penny is made of steel coated with zinc. During World War 2, every bit of copper was needed to make shell casings. Therefore the penny was made out of steel during 1943 so all sources of copper could be used for the shell casings.
They are worth at least one cent up to thousands for a 1943 copper one. There were supposedly a few 1943 struck in copper and the rest are steel. Most have some slight value over the one cent.
The most valuable ones are the 1943 copper penny, and the even more rare 1944 steel penny.
A geniune 1943-D copper cent would have a value of about $50,000.00
The most valuable "Wheat Penny" is an error coin not a regular issue coin. The only known example of a 1943-D Lincoln cent that was struck on a bronze planchet by mistake instead of steel, sold in 2010 for a little more than 1.7 MILLION dollars. For regular issue coins the 1909-S VDB is still the King.
Pennies minted before 1982, which includes all wheat pennies (except in 1943) contain 95% copper and weigh 3.11 grams.
Yes, both the steel and wheat penny can be slightly magnetic due to the iron content in the steel penny and the copper content in the wheat penny. However, the magnetism may be very weak and not easily noticeable.
The most sought after wheat penny is the 1943 copper penny with only about 12 examples known. These are error coins (all other 1943 cents were struck in steel) and a genuine 1943 copper penny is worth over $100,000. The rarest non-error and regular issue coin is the 1909 S VDB cent which goes for $200 or more depending on the grade.
A genuine 1943-S copper (Bronze actually) cent would have a value of $75,000.00 or more. Only 4 have been authenticated.