The 1943 Lincoln copper penny is made of 95% copper and 5% tin and Zinc. The weight is 3.11 grams, and the diameter is 19 millimeters. Because of its extreme rarity, the 1943 Lincoln copper penny ...

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.

Some of the rarest and most valuable coins in U.S. history owe their worth to minting errors that slipped through unnoticed. Coins like the 1943 Copper Penny, struck in copper instead of wartime ...