This year shows experiments by the mint and outside contracted companies to come up with a substitute for the copper cent. The copper was needed for the World War II effort. The dies below, made by John R. Sinnock were copies of a Columbian 2 centavo obverse and a reverse copied from a Washington medal Baker 155 J2051/P2073 It was struck by the mint in various non-copper metals and by outside companies in various plastics. The other piece which may be expermental is a regular Lincoln cent struck in 95% tin and 5% copper J2081/P2077 It is also possible that this is some sort of mint error. Photos used are courtesy of Bowers and Merena and Heritage. Go to Previous Page Or Next Page