![]() The wheat cent was mainstream and common during its time.However, cents minted from 1944 to 1946 were made from a special salvaged WWII brass composition to replace the steel cents, but still save material for the war effort, and are more common in circulation than their 1943 counterparts. These "steel pennies" are not likely to be found in circulation today, as they were later intentionally removed from circulation for recycling the metal and by collectors. Cents minted in 1943 were struck on planchets punched from zinc-coated steel which left the resulting edges uncoated. ![]() Both types were minted in 1982 with no distinguishing mark.
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