Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark und Leonard, Only the bronze (copper) 1943 and the steel 1944 pennies are worth real money Any other ones in that era will not even buy you a cup of coffee at the Horn & Hardart Automat. I never even heard of a 1942 zinc coated steel US penny, except from liars who could never produce them. Jerry Leonard Taupier wrote: > Mark, > > I think the 1943 copper is worth a few bucks. I have two mint 1943 > steel pennies but they're only worth a half a buck or so. > > Len > > > On Dec 20, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Mark Kronquist wrote: > >> I actually have one 1943 copper (bronze from reclaimed shell casings >> as were the 1944-46 ones. >> On Dec 20, 2008, at 8:46 AM, Seth Rosner wrote: >> >>> World War the Second, Mark. Copper was an essential war material. I >>> think I recall correctly that the gov't minted pennies of zinc. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" >>> <mark@rabinergroup.com> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 1:45 AM >>> Subject: [Leica] 1942 Penney >>> >>> >>>> I just found a 1942 penny! >>>> Is my life in danger? >>>> Is it worth a MILLION dollars? >>>> Its not copper. Its a pewter color. >>>> Now I can upgrade to my CS4 suite!!!! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> mark@rabinergroup.com >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>