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  1. This is a 1943 Penny that I just had a metallurgy test done on. It turned out 99.9% Cu and 0.1% Se (Selenium). I was wondering if any of the experimental coins at the end of the War Era before restarting Shell casing in1944 mint may have been accidentally nearly pure Copper? I have Roger Burdette's book Pattern and Experimental Pieces of WW II and it's not mentioned but it sounds like there were a lot of tests being run at that time. He comments that Pure Copper was used to "sweeten" the Brass shell casings to get the proper alloy. The Reverse has soft lettering similar to the NGC Graded, Stacks Bowers Auctioned Penny at the AM of AMERICA. I welcome any feedback, I'm a newbie so not sure how this really works. Thanks.