found 1955 steel penny...

[grogmug]

I work at a store that sells sets of 1943 steel pennies, the regular 1943, the 1943 s, and the 1943 d. I was looking through the sets and noticed that one had a 1955 steel penny in the regular 1943 slot? Is this a fake penny or something extremely rare that I'm not seeing in the coin books? I'll get pics up soon...any help would be great...
JT

[laxmaster92]

IT may be a penny struck on a dime planchet. Is it smaller than a penny?

[grogmug]

around the same size...any value to it u think? regular 1955 wheat just chrome/silver.....

[FelixtheCat]

When Ii was in grade school many moons ago I had a friend whose father chromed stuff. He gave me a chromed penny and I thought that was really cool!

[Firewhiz]

My father has a couple of rolls of them, i'll call him tomorrow and post some juicy details.....

HH as always,


Bri-

[l.cutler]

The 1943 cents were zinc plated steel. The zinc wore off and left unprotected steel which rusted. The sets that are sold are replated to make them look better, but which actually reduces collector value. A 1955 was accidentally mixed in with the 1943's and plated.