[Lee Stewart]

1943-D Lincoln Bronze Penny

There’s only one known example of a 1943 Lincoln-D penny struck in bronze alloy instead of the zinc plated steel (bronze and copper were being saved to fill metal shortages during World War II). Though there’s no record of any other bronze 1943 pennies minted in Denver (indicated by the “D” on the coin), up to 20 examples may have been struck on the bronze alloy at each of the Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints. This particular coin sold September 2010 in a private sale by Legend Numismatics of Lincroft, New Jersey for $1.7 million