COIN AUCTION #5
Bidding starts: November 7, 2015 at
08:30 PM CST
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Closing begins: November 19, 2015 at
07:00 PM CST
Carlton, MN
Item # 21
1943 Lincoln wheat (steel) penny, minted in San Francisco. Composition: zinc coated steel, Condition: lightly circulated. 1943 was the only year the government minted coins out of steel to conserve copper for the war effort. Steel pennies were minted at all 3 mints - Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco.