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I've Heard Of Zinc Dust, But Is There Such A Thing As Steel Dust On 1943 LWC's?

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 Posted 01/23/2025  4:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CCB420 to your friends list
Can u tell anything from that?
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 Posted 01/23/2025  4:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CCB420 to your friends list
And if a moderator can change that title, was supposed to say steel dust, not steel did
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 Posted 01/23/2025  4:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CCB420 to your friends list
Thanks! And if more edge pics are needed, I can try more
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 Posted 01/23/2025  5:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tacc to your friends list
Close-ups show what looks to be a rather poor re-plating job with all those bits of debris trapped under the plating.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  5:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
In my mind, definitely plated/reprocessed.
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 Posted 01/23/2025  10:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marv65 to your friends list
Definitely reprocessed (plated) - they are now worth just one cent each - in reality plating a coin is considered damage.
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 Posted 01/24/2025  12:59 am  Show Profile   Check tropicalbats's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add tropicalbats to your friends list
The coins are replated/reprocessed. I advise caution when buying coins in Capital holders as they are often messed with to make them all shine equally.
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 Posted 01/24/2025  09:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CCB420 to your friends list
Thanks for the replies, that's what I was assuming when I looked at em under a loupe! But wouldn't that affect the weight more?
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 Posted 01/24/2025  10:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CCB420 to your friends list
Steel cents do come in at 2.7 correct? I'm not arguing that the coins aren't plated, but I'm unfamiliar with the process, I haven't the foggiest what weight that typically adds to a coin
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 Posted 01/24/2025  3:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cujohn to your friends list
For your future reference, unplaited 43s will never be this shiny. They have a duller surface.
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 Posted 01/24/2025  4:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list

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I haven't the foggiest what weight that typically adds to a coin

CCB420, I don't have any empirical evidence but I'm guessing 10 or 20 milligrams. Not really enough to push the weight outside of the normal mint tolerance range.
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 Posted 01/24/2025  7:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CCB420 to your friends list
Ah ok, I just assumed replating would add more weight;! So next question, is there any substance that will strip the playing material
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 Posted 01/25/2025  10:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CCB420 to your friends list
And I asked this same question about the comical fake '44 posted by another member, but what could/would a person gain by plating a '43 steel cent, to just make it look like a '43 steel cent? I mean I could see an advantage to plating a '44 to look like a '43, but why replate a '43 to look like a '43? Just for the luster?
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