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October 7, 2026

The 1943 penny that sold for $336,000: how to spot the real one

During World War II, a production mistake at the U.S. Mint created a small number of pennies that were never supposed to exist. These 1943 Bronze Lincoln Cents — born from leftover copper-alloy blanks accidentally mixed into a steel-coin run — have since sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. One widely reported sale reached around $336,000.

The 1943 penny that sold for $336,000: how to spot the real one cover

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