Silver 1940 penny no mint mark nice condition but copperish rim very confuseing to figue what I have

Hi, worldatwarchamp!

This is a United States penny. Correct?

If so, are all or most of the features on the coin really smooth, please?

Thanks!

Worldatwarchamp;;-the 1940 penny ;that you said you have. No mint mark;I CAN TELL THAT YOU ARE NEW AT THIS BY THE WAY YOU HAVE WROTE ABOUT THE COIN: SO I will give you a little history about the lincoln,penny NOTE: [ the 1909 lincoln was the first ,lioln penny now in 1909 this was the end of the (INDIAN HEAD PENNY} there were a few made ,and put into circulation so that collectors would have them,for their collections. Now do not bother to find any other mint mark except for [DENVER_ THE LETTER (D)AND ( S ) Which is the (SAN FRANC ISCO MINT)THE{ LINCOLN =-WHEAT EAR PENNY<LASTED Until 1958 AND during this time there were several ( AND I DO MEAN SEVERAL {ERRORS} in them ,some are very very high in values] #1- 1909-vdb- this was the designers initials. This really was not very popular with the public so in 1910 the letters were not on their,thern in 1918 they were on the penny again except on lincolns collor][ also that year, the lincoln penny was the first cent to have the motto[IN GOD WE Trust,}the next error was in 1917-it had a double dye on the date]in 1922 done from worn dyes,some had week mint marks and some no (D).then in 1936 was the double dye and the no mint mark coins got the ]
The following years had quite a few errors also] [ 1943 called [varietys] [and on account of the copper shortatage ,had[ two ERRORS}, they were called varieties, variety 1 , in 1944 through 1958they had { zink coated } {also in 1943 the 1943D the mint mark was really bolding marked with a double dye on the mint marktwo " d "][ in 1944 through 1958 was variety onebronze was put back in 1944; in 1946 S, the S mint mark is done over the s mint mark ;;next error was 1955 when they had a double dye on the date [very visible with naked eye;; in 1955 the philadelphia mint was not yet using the "P"as there mint mark I GUESS that this is enough of this . For tonight the pinny you have is not any thing wrong with it , ;; the 1940 penny was a copper penny therer was no steel pennies made sorry ; there are a lot of counterfit coins at this time and goes through 1946 ;; sorry to have to say this now for this coin ,no mint mark 1940, G4-.15 up to AU-50 Which is $2.00> IF you have a mag GLASS ,take a goodlook and make sure that the date is rightif its not let me know I hope I have helped you out on what I did give you ,and that now you have a little more knowledge on coins;; have a great night and a better day tomorrow;; GOD BLESS ::F.B.E.