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Rest in Peace
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Probably a plated steel put back into circulation and almost all of the copper plating wore off, leaving only a few hints of the copper plating intact.
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Rust wouldnt be on the center of the rim perfectly all the way round It could. The blanks were punched out of a strip that was plated in zinc on both sides leaving the edges bare steel. John1  |
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Rest in Peace
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No one in their right mind would zinc coat a copper 43 . Therefore it has to be remains of a copper plated zinc .  |
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Pillar of the Community
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New Member
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Can a 1943 Steel have bad rust build-up and if so how can I remove it?
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It can and you can't remove it without damaging the coin. John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Plating often starts with copper as the first layer. Not sure if this is correct, but it seems the chrome plate something, it is copper, then nickel and then chrome. (A memory from the 1960's)
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Pillar of the Community
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You're correct, Coop. They still do it the same way.
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Valued Member
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It weighed 2.7 as a steel penny weighed
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Bedrock of the Community
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That is the correct weight for that coin. (I just looked it up) We often think of the copper cents 3.11 grams and the zinc ones 2.5 grams. I hadn't noticed the steel ones were a different weight before.  Edited by coop
12/22/2016 2:53 pm
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Valued Member
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So what would this copper color be. I know I shouldnt have done this but I wanted to see what would happen when I used an eraser on the copper colored parts and instead of rubbing off on to the eraser like rust would, it started to, I want to say, get brighter, like what happens when you use an eraser on a copper penny. (I know I shouldnt have done it but I was curious)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Like has been mentioned, it is most likely a copper-plated steel penny (a forgery) that has had almost the entire copper plating worn off with only small portions left.
The conclusion in that case is that it's worth no more than a standard 1943 steel penny, and maybe less because of the alteration.
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Valued Member
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I guess its a good conversation piece: )
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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting thread - learned something new about weights, which I never thought much about before.
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