AboutMyCoinSteel Cents
Steel cents contain no precious metal, so one is worth its face value unless the date, the mint mark or a striking error says otherwise. Cents are worth one cent unless the date, mint mark or a known variety says otherwise, and that is true of the overwhelming majority of them.
Face value. $0.01 in the United States; the smallest circulating unit in most decimal currencies.
Steel cents were struck 1943, all of them United States issues.
Metal content is not the variable for a steel cent. The date, the mint mark and what the coin was struck wrong with are what decide whether it beats the cent stamped on it.
Steel cents
1943 Wheat Penny (No Mint Mark)
A 1943 Wheat penny with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia, is zinc-plated steel with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1943-D and a 1943-S.
1943-D Wheat Penny
A 1943-D Wheat penny was struck at Denver, is zinc-plated steel with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1943 with no mint mark and a 1943-S.
1943-S Wheat Penny
A 1943-S Wheat penny was struck at San Francisco, is zinc-plated steel with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1943 with no mint mark and a 1943-D.
Looking for a different metal? See all steel coinsor the whole catalogue by composition. For the metal in these worked out and nothing else, see steel cents melt values.