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New Member
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Hi all, New to the forum but I thought I might post photos of this coin and pick your brains on what might be fake about it. I've done the weight test (weighs exactly 3.11) and the 3 looks like my steel ones, but there aren't any obvious depressions or tooling marks which just makes me wonder. Lots of people talking and posting about fakes over the years but they all look pretty obvious to me. Thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is also an obvious fake.
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New Member
 United States
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I'm newer to coin grading; what's so obvious at first glance?
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Moderator
 United States
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 . Did you do the magnet test? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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Passed the magnet test as well.
What's special about the rim? I noticed a little ware between 1:00 and 2, is that it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
It looks high and odd. Thats just what I noticed. Might be paranoia.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Guessing this is a Chinese fake. to the CCF! |
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New Member
United States
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So what do you all see that makes it so obvious? Just that it'd be too good to be true? Lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
The pics are to fuzzy but I think it looks cast.
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New Member
United States
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I was thinking it might be cast too, but it doesn't have the pitting. This might be a better photo.  |
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New Member
United States
48 Posts |
Still a greenhorn collector, but my first thought was it looks similar to the transfer die counterfeit examples I have seen. The rim especially seems to have the defects from the coin used to transfer the design.
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New Member
United States
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Ooo interesting. I haven't seen any transfer die examples of this coin. Could you post it for comparison?
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United States
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Edited by John1
07/07/2021 3:58 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Definitely fake. Mint mark in wrong location
There is only one known 1943D copper cent known and that is not it.
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New Member
United States
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I considered the mint mark to be a bit off at first too, but I compared to four known differences on 1943 D steelie RPM (repunched mint mark) errors. It's certainly further away from the 9 than the only accepted copper 1943 D, but plenty of steel ones look to be about the same distance/orientation.
With 27 total copper 43's ever found, I'd be more skeptical that there's only 1 with a D mint mark.
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Posted 07/07/2021 3:05 pm
