Talk:1943 steel cent

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i would like to know how much for one penny of that

how much is it for a 1943 penny that i own

Not as much as you'd like - in mint condition a 1943-S up to $5, 1943-D up to $3, 1943 up to $2.  :) But not bad for a penny :) Joe I 23:54, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Anyone like the idea of merging this into Wheat penny, seeing as how this is a wheat penny, and both articles are stubs? Joe I 23:54, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't believe this page should be merged. Questions about this one-year, one-of-a-kind U.S. coin issue are easily a Top 5 FAQ for coin dealers & collectors. As long as this page is separate, it's easier to find, in search engines and otherwise.Galaxiana 08:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

i know of some one that has a 1943 penny but is made of a magnet, not steel or copper.. its magnatized.. what can i tell my friends about this penny.. and its value..the rumor is a 1 million$ is this true.. let me know.. thanks for the info.. carla

just a guess, if it is a steel penny, steel, more rightly iron, can be magnatized by heat. Don't really know how long it stays like that, but that could be it. Otherwise, it's not worth a penny. Joe I 21:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

It's pretty easy to magnetize iron. You can do this by rubbing a needle against a magnet, for example. The needle will become magnetized. You can do the same with a screwdriver, it's great for picking up dropped screws. What you have is an ordinary 1943 steel cent that probably was exposed to a magnet.--RLent 22:43, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Joe, I have never heard of this claim before that the San Francisco Mint dumped the reclaimed steel pennies into the Pacific Ocean. Do you recall where you got that information (if, in fact, you wrote this page)? I couldn't find it on the U.S. Mint web site, but of course their site isn't the most search-friendly site in the world, either.  ;) I think a claim like this needs substantiation. A quick google only brings reference derived from (or copied from) this page. Galaxiana 09:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I've read it in at least one book, though I don't recall the book (it's probably been 10 years or more since I read it).--chris.lawson 14:49, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

The only coins dumped into the Pacific Ocean were the silver Peso coins of the Philippines. The coins were minted in San Francisco for the American Commonwealth of the Philippines, and were dumped into Manila Bay to deny their capture by Japanese forces. Steel cents were never collected and dumped into the ocean, otherwise they wouldn't be so common today.San Miguel98 14:53, 18 May 2007 (UTC)