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Pillar of the Community
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Send it in to ANACS for authentication/grading. It won't cost a lot to find out if it's real or not.
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I used a strong magnet, and thank you I will send it in to ANACS, it's from my mother's collection I been going through if it is authentic she would have been so proud. Thanks everyone for all the info
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Please keep us informed of the results!
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Forum Dad
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Weigh it before you send it. Don't just throw your money away. I get about 30 fakes a week removed from ebay. They're everywhere. There's a 99.9% chance sending it in is a huge waste of time and money. |
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Wow I never would have thought there were that many fakes out there, if this is one they did a really good job. Thank you for the advice I will weigh it before I send it in
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Wow I never would have thought there were that many fakes out there, if this is one they did a really good job. Thank you for the advice I will weigh it before I send it in
There are so many fakes that the number, by any mathematical metric, rounds to "all of them." There are five examples found in the last 75 years, out of 191 million minted, and untold thousands of fakes of greater or lesser quality. It's not difficult to make a Steel Cent look like a copper one. An even better local step is to find someone with an XRF analyzer, although in your area that might be difficult. XRF would likely "see" through any plating. |
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My grandmother has had this coin since 1951,then my mother, now I have inherited the coins. Is it likely between the time frame of 1943 and 1951 that this coin could have been altered |
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Coinplus, it is understandable to have high hopes for this coin but if I were you I would take the pros advise and research and test the metal content before rushing it to the TPG, that will save you $s, I hope it is a real deal but as SsuperDdave stated chances are One in 191,000,000! |
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The first were found in the later 1940's, and there were contemporary (to that period) ads placed offering major money for one, as well as other ads offering copper-plated examples to "fool your friends." These latter would obviously be magnetic, but the publicity is evident.
The fact that yours has no attraction to a magnet makes it interesting, as it would therefore have to be a coin altered from a different year of issue. These images are not up to accurate evaluation, though.
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Coinplus, Bobby's old as dirt on the forum, knows his stuff. I'll restate my previous post, too many fine discrepancies particularly the lower leg of 3. Yes in that time frame counterfeiters flourished, they have throughout time, just that most recently one "mint" in China is cranking out over 100,000 fakes a month!. Also you must note that back in 1950's the word "COPY" was not by law put on fake coins yet. The reason its not a plated steel 1943 is because the base material is a copper/zinc/tin alloy, the elements in brass.  Edited by Crazyb0
09/07/2017 1:07 pm
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Coinplus, Bobby's old as dirt on the forum, knows his stuff. Um, Bobby is the founder and owner of CCF....  Coinplus64, I express great doubt here because great doubt is prudent in this circumstance. I am not willing to express any sort of certainty, and do not endorse any certainty being expressed, because many years of shooting my own coins and teaching that skill online leave me aware of the color and spatial distortions possible in images such as yours. I take as fact only that the coin does not stick to a strong magnet, because you have stated that plainly. It is almost assured that your coin is a fake one way or the other, simply because the odds dictate it. All the same, despite enormous odds, somebody always wins the lottery. |
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Thank you everyone I believe and trust in everything you said, and that's why I'm here to find out from the best. Such a great learning experience.
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Thank you everyone I believe and trust in everything you said, and that's why I'm here to find out from the best. Such a great learning experience.  |
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Coinplus, what ever did you find out about your coin? I'm hoping it was the lucky one!
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