Young Boy Found A Very Unusual Coin, But The Truth About It Only Came Out 70 Years Later

A Disappointing Response

Sadly, he did not learn anything from the Treasury Department. He only got a stock letter, which was the typical answer to inquiries about the 1943 penny. “In regard to your recent inquiry, please be informed that copper pennies were not struck in 1943,” read the letter. It went on, “All pennies struck in 1943 were zinc coated steel.”

A Disappointing Response

Until The End

Don Lutes Jr. did not get the confirmation that he was looking for, but he could not shake the fact that it was a rare coin. Sadly, he did not learn more about it before he passed away at the age of 87. This meant that he did not get the opportunity to learn exactly how much his treasure was worth.

Until The End