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I have a 1943 steel or silver penny. What is it worth?

April 26, 2017penny Silver steel worth

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I have a 1943 steel or silver penny. What is it worth?

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A. In 1943, the cent was made of zinc. This was because copper was needed for the war effort. There were 1,093,838,670 (1 billion Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco) of the zinc cents made. Having such a huge population, the coins don’t have much value.