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Thank you Cheesy and Hondo..  I find this 1943 Canadian copper cent intriguing. During World War II, the U.S. halted copper cent production in 1943, using the metal instead for weapons and ammunition. So it makes me wonder—why does this 1943 Canadian cent still appear to be made of copper? Something to think about...  Edited by CoinForMe
07/08/2025 9:28 pm
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Nice coin! I love the toning. Errers and Varietys.
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Nice coin! I love the toning. Thank you Errers and Varietys... Yep, so do I, it's one of my nicest tone coins I have... |
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One of the nicer Canadian Cents I have seen! |
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Quote:One of the nicer Canadian Cents I have seen! Thank you Marve65, I have been offered a trade by a Canadian friend, but don't think I can let it go at this time... |
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It is hard to say for sure, but it looks like this coin might have some die clash marks both under the king's ear and above the leaf branch on the reverse where the ear would correspond from the other side. You might have to play with it in the light to see better.
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Nice looking coin.
From 1920 through March 1942, the Ottawa mint struck the bronze cents on planchets of 0.955 copper, 0.030 tin, and 0.015 zinc. Starting in April 1942, they switched to 0.980 copper, 0.005 tin, and 0.015 zinc, because tin was needed for the war effort. Dominion Decimals, p387.
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Sorry if my previous post was not clear. Your 1943 cent is 98.0% copper, 0.5% tin, and 1.5% zinc. 95/4/1 bronze cents stopped after the large cent issue of 1920.
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Thank you for your information bosox. It appears that the Canadian mint increased the copper content of their cents by 2%, whereas Americans switched to steel... |
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mysterious_dr_x Thank you for noticing a potential die clash on this 1943 Canada cent.
I'll look into that further and post any relevant information here if I'm able to observe and photograph the die clash.
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@ mysterious_dr_xThis is what I was able to photograph close-up in the questionable areas.   |
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Yes, that looks exactly like the clash marks that happen during those years. If you look at your coin and play with the light a bit, you might notice other clash marks, although it might be only the areas you took a picture of. Sometimes you can see the back of the neck through the date or the top of the hair under CENT.
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mysterious_dr_x, the pictures below are the Die-Clashes on file for the 1943 Canada cent. None of these seems to be present on my cent... Thanks for the help...  Reference: Coinsandcanada.com
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07/16/2025 6:50 pm
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That's a great looking cent!
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Thank you so much denny7000, it seems to get the most compliments out of all my other Canadian coins...  Out of the other Canadian coins, the "Grizzly Bear multifaceted high relief" receives the most attention.. |
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