1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny — $2.3 million Designed ... This penny somehow missed the 1944 transition from steel-coated zinc to copper, and it’s worth a fortune as a result.
World War II was raging, and copper was needed for the war effort. The 1943 steel penny is ... alloy in 1944, and the same mistake happened again. Fewer than 10 1944-D steel wheat pennies exist ...
Made of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc alloy ... GoBankingRates also said that the 1944-S Steel Wheat Penny could fetch as much as $1.1 million with “circulating coins” going for as much ...
However, a few of the copper pennies were struck by mistake and it’s that version that’s extremely rare and valuable. A 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny sold for $1.7 million in 2010 but is ...