| For all of the US coins, look them up in the | | | | A real copper 1943cent weighed 3.11 grams, the |
| Guidebook to US Coins. The dollar coins are worth | | | | steel ones in 1943 it weighed 2.7 grams and were |
| a minimum of $6 each, the Indian cents are | | | | zinc plated. From 1944 to 1982 it weighed 3.11 |
| anywhere from 25 cents each and up. The penny | | | | grams and were 95% copper again. |
| with 2 of the same sides is a magician's coin (You | | | | Beware of 1943 coins sprayed with copper or |
| always win the flip). As for the foreign coins, | | | | altered dates on the 1948 cents. Since in 1943 |
| unless they are silver they really have no value. If | | | | they made steel cents. See if it is attracted to a |
| the paper money was wet, from the river, it's | | | | magnet. Many people have cleaned, polished or |
| probably in poor shape and not very collectible. | | | | plated the cents to try to sell them as valuable. |
| The foreign coin you describe is a bronze Irish | | | | They are not at all collectable! |
| penny featuring a hen and chicks. Value depends | | | | Some outside possibilities are: It is a cent that |
| on amount of wear, its scarcity and the demand | | | | was plated with some other metal. I have seen |
| for it. There were 17.52 million minted that year | | | | Copper, lead, solder, tin zinc or silver. I have even |
| of a design used 1928-68. It may be worth from | | | | seen cents cleaned in metal cleaners that change |
| about .10 with heavy wear to around .50 with | | | | their color to copper hues. Most coin shops and all |
| medium wear to maybe $2 with light wear. If you | | | | coin Shows Large or small will have people |
| list the others by Country, Denomination and Date | | | | knowledgeable enough to identify this piece for |
| I can give ranges of value for them as well. You | | | | you. These rare coins can, and do, sell for |
| might also try a library for a copy of the | | | | whatever someone is willing to pay at auction. |
| Standard Catalog of World Coins for more | | | | There is no record of how many 1955 cents |
| interesting info, pics and values. | | | | were made with this die. Since all cent collectors |
| The amount the coin may be worth is based on a | | | | want one for their collection prices stay high. The |
| few factors: The 1943 Cent Truly Being copper | | | | sale price also is according to grade. The grading |
| specifications below) The U.S. Mint it was struck | | | | scale goes from 1 to 70. The list price for a grade |
| at. The Condition or grade of the coin. Where and | | | | 40 is about $1,400 dollars but in grade 65 is |
| how you sell it. | | | | $37,500 dollars. So the coins have to be examined |
| There are only a few Copper 1943 cents that | | | | one at a time to get a market value. |
| were made from the coin blanks left from the | | | | The 1990-cent is a zinc core with a copper plating |
| previous year, that are worth thousands of | | | | on it. The mint strikes both sides at one time and |
| dollars. In recent years a "1943 S" (San Francisco | | | | the coins image would not be intact if it had not |
| Mint) copper coin has gone for about $60,000 | | | | been seated between the dies properly. The |
| dollars at auction. I remember the prices from the | | | | plating worn on one part of the coin leads me to |
| P (Philadelphia) mint ranging from around $10,000 | | | | believe this. |
| many years ago to $73,000 in recent times. | | | | If you are still in doubt I am happy to direct you |
| There are many counterfeits of this coin so get it | | | | to a coin person in your area. If you write back |
| authenticated. | | | | with your general location like the nearest large |
| If you have a copper colored 1943 cent that can | | | | cities, some local telephone area codes And some |
| stick to a magnet, what I think you may have is | | | | Postal Zip codes as well for your area, I can |
| a 1943 steel cent that somebody had copper | | | | direct you to an American numismatic association |
| plated, recently I have heard of a lot of these | | | | member/dealer near there. They are ethical and |
| counterfeits surfacing. Since two pieces that sold | | | | trustworthy or there is help at most large coin |
| a year or two ago and made it onto the news. | | | | shows. |