The 1943 penny errors represent some of the most fascinating and valuable mistakes in American numismatics. During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched from copper to ...

You never know when you might come across a valuable error coin, so it helps to know what to look for. Here's a look at five ...

Investing in the 1943 Steel Penny is like uncovering a small, silvery relic from America’s World War II era—where necessity turned copper into steel and created one of the most distinctive coins in ...

Here's what makes some of these 1943 Lincoln wheat pennies so valuable and how to tell if you have one of these valuable coins in your possession or not.

During World War II, the U.S. Mint switched to zinc-coated steel pennies to conserve copper for military use. However, a small number of 1943 pennies were mistakenly struck in copper, making them ...

This holy grail penny is a copper penny from 1943. That might sound normal to some, but the U.S. didn’t make pennies out of copper in 1943. Instead, they were made out of steel coated in zinc. This ...

Don Lutes Jr. kept the 1943 copper penny he stumbled upon in his high school cafeteria seven decades ago in a safe behind a wall in his Massachusetts home. All US pennies were supposed to be made of ...