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Moderator
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sure looks re-processed - you can see the 'orange peel' affect from an improper cleaning before it was plated. Besides, a new 1943 cent would never look that shiny - they had more of a matte finish. If I were to re-plate a Wheat cent like this to hide as an 'Easter egg' in an "unsearched roll", I would plate a 1944 cent. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by datadragon
04/09/2023 8:07 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sadly, it's been plated. I've found dozens of 'nice' plated steel wheats over many years.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Just part of the con job.  Trying to sucker you into buying another junk roll. Edited by Coinfrog
04/09/2023 9:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5780 Posts |
I agree with the others.
A big giveaway is the "Proof-like", very shiny appearance.
In your first image, the edge should not be shiny either since the original zinc coating was put on the blank sheets prior to punching out the blanks.
There should be no zinc coating on the edges.
(And may even be a few light rust streaks since there should be no zinc on the edge to protect the underlying steel.)
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Back in the old days (1960's) these things were replated by the jillions. Replaters would advertise in the weekly coin papers looking for collectors wanting to get ugly, rusted steelies replated. For each roll that was sent in they'd strip the zinc and rust, replate them and send half of what you originally sent in back to you. So, if you sent in 10 rolls you'd get back 5 rolls of nice and shiny replated coins. Not a bad deal at all!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Rings a faint bell, thanks!
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New Member
United States
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That sucks bro at first I was jealous then after reading the replys I felt bad.. I guess we should always trust our first gut feeling like you said skeptical also learned something new about replating. Good luck to you sir
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Forget the "horde" part, these are just common date wheat cents given a catchy name as a sales gimmick. These replated steel cents are very common, and worth very little. These rolls may be fun to look through but they are not going to have anything of value. For what you paid for a roll, you could most likely have gotten a nice original uncirculated steel cent.
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United States
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 to the CCF Sorry it fooled you at first. It's all part of the 'unsearched roll' scam. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by datadragon
04/10/2023 09:30 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Replated, typical ebay scam, "unsearched rolls" are 99% BS. I'm surprised they didn't seed it on the end. Most people don't know the 43's really are not valuable, even in mint state. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Ironically, unplated steel cents (well circulated) still have a modest premium, whikew the reprocessed ines are onlly worth one cent!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I paid 75 cents for a set of these reprocessed steel cents in the early 70s; they were all the rage. The good news is they can get some crazy toning.  |
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