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I found and saved a steel penny that's from 1943. It was made during world war II so its shiny steel instead of copper. I just googled mine and evenually found out how much it was worth. Mine's just a couple bucks but it looks cool and i got from a gas station. :thumbsup:
yeah, the government would not let any coin be produced wtih copper back then because they needed it for all the bullets (that's when WWII really started wearing us down supplies wise, it's the only year that's made from steel too... (i always say silver cuz it looks like silver lol) i have all three of the collection, all in pretty damn good shape too....

oh yeah, mis struck coins don't nessicarily mean they're worth alot.. i've had a mistruck coin in damn near mint condition (actually found it in change from a store) that wasn't worth but maybe 3-4 dollars, and i've seen some that are worth thousands upon thousands, it depends on lots of variables, mint, ammount misstruck (i.e. how many were misstruck before whoevers in charge noticed and corrected the problem) condition of the coin, how popular it is, and how few there are to be estimated in currculation... i.e. you can have a coin that was mistruck, and only say 1,000 are out there, but all 1,000 are estimated to be in circulation, that would be worth alot less then one in the same condition, but out of 10,000 only say, 100 are estimated to be in circulation.
slipknotpsycho Reviewed by slipknotpsycho on . Anyone know anything about rare coins? hi all, First off, I just want to say that I bought a dimebag from a dude in the park today, for $10, and it was such shitty weed, that it barely got me high. It was green, no seeds at all, but it was just crappy weed. :D Moving on...I found a US coin on the ground today, with Lincoln on it, from 1919. It's in very good shape, and with proper cleaning (I have no idea how), it would come out shiney as new. I was surprised when I saw it, and yes, I'm one of those people who pick change Rating: 5