Lincoln wheat steel penny

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1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents. The unique composition of the coin (low-grade steel coated with zinc, instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition) has led to various nicknames, such as wartime cent, steel war penny, zinc cent and steelie. The 1943 steel cent features the same Victor David Brenner design for the Lincoln cent which had been in use since 1909.

Cent
Obverse
United States
Value	$0.01 U.S. dollars
Mass	2.702 g
Diameter	19.05 mm
Thickness	1.55 mm
Edge	Plain
Composition	99% steel with a thin layer of zinc
Years of minting	1943
Catalog number	-

Design	Abraham Lincoln
Designer	Victor D. Brenner
Design date	1909
Reverse

Design	Wheat Heads in memoria
Designer	Victor D. Brenner
Design date	1909