Editing 1943 steel cent (section)

=== 1943 tin cent ===
[[File:Tin 1943 Lincoln cent.jpg|thumb|1943 tin cent|alt=|left]]
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+1943 tin cent composition
! Tin
| 86.41%
|-
! Antimony
| 8.37%
|-
! Copper
| 1.75%
|-
! [[Vanadium]]
| 1.02%
|}
In 2019, [[Numismatic Guaranty Corporation|NGC]] authenticated a worn 1943 cent composed of 86.41% [[tin]] and 8.37% [[antimony]] with other trace metals. The coin was discovered by a coin collector in the state of Oregon, who found it in his father's yard {{circa|1969}} and realized it was not attracted to a magnet while searching his coin collection for 1943 copper cents in 2019. It is likely that the coin is an error or was [[1942 experimental cents|intentionally struck as a pattern in late 1942]] using an obverse die intended for the following year, though no documented evidence of a pattern with this composition has been found.<ref name=":0" />

The coin was found in a badly damaged state, with two large gashes and a slight bend. Believing it to be a steel cent, the discoverer straightened the coin in a [[vise|bench vise]] so that it would fit inside a coin album. The coin weighs 2.702 g.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/1943-lincoln-cent-mostly-tin-and-antimony.html|title=NGC authenticates 1943 Lincoln cent made from mostly tin|website=CoinWorld|language=en|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>