Possible real 1943 copper penny!?

Nice to see that I went through a hefty amount of trouble to have this result in exactly what I said NOT to do. I hope for your benefit they don't chose to make an example out of you and confiscate your counterfeit...but you cannot say you were not warned.

Only the newbies would be disappointed..the rest of us know the experts that answered have given an opinion that far outweighs what an unknown worker at a TPG will give you. As they say..you can lead a horse to water..but you can't make him drink

In any event, let us know what ANACS says. Typically the major TPGs note these as "Questionable Authenticity". Don't let this, or a similar phrase, give you any hope that they didn't know for sure and called it "questionable".

For a TPG to return it to you, they cannot say flat-out "counterfeit" or they would be legally liable. To avoid this potential issue, counterfeit coins are "named" something other than "counterfeit". I thought you should know this in advance.

Here is what I hope doesn't happen...they said THEY won't keep the coin if it is fake, BUT, they didn't say who they would give it back to! Let's hope it isn't the Secret Service!

Good evening! I am having so much fun tonight going through my coins. I think I am officially obsessed with finding a good/great coin. Tonight while going through my Wheaties I found a 1914-D and a 1909-S VDB. I am going to my first coin show this Friday and hope to have several coins lined up for grading. I have not heard back about the 1943 copper coin yet but am waiting with baited breathe. Loving this hobby!!

Those are always fun to find, are they BU ?

No body is rooting for you. This is not a situation where if you just gave it your all and tried a little hard you could make the coin real. The coin is what it is and it is just your knowledge of it that will change.

I have not been on this forum that long (you can check my post count and days I've been a member), but I have been here long enough to see the endless rotation of people that show up and post how they found something and want people to take a look at it. It is usually just post mint damage, a counterfeit coin, etc.

Not long ago there was a post where a woman posted a dime that had been sanded down on one side. She was angry and used rather vulgar language with the people that tried to tell her it wasn't worth more than ten cents.

You seem to think it is a battle of wills and that the people here are going to get some kind of buzz when they will be able to say "I told you so!" That is not the case. Many of them have seen this countless times. It is more like a father telling a child in a patient but amused tone than it is a bunch of jr. high kids shouting their opponents down when they are right.

If you stick around here long enough I can almost guarantee that in the next year one or two more noobs will join the forum with an other "possible real 1943 copper penny!?" You are not the first in my short time here. Then you will look at their pictures and think I know this is not real because of [...]. Then you will be accused not not rooting for the noob, or something...

Any way, watching the tread and hope it doesn't ruin your love of coins.

I do not think it is really possible to hijack your own thread, so do not sweat it; we were all new at one point.