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Fishnwidow Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/08/2007 1:35 pm I was going threw a box of steelies that my Father in law had saved and found 5 of this with the 4 ever so faint. I figured if I have 5 of them they must be pretty common, just thought I'd share my find. Fishnwidow Edited by Fishnwidow 03/08/2007 7:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff

josie Valued Member Ireland 498 Posts	Posted 03/08/2007 1:42 pm Thnks for sharing. Looks like a filled die but their is somewhat a mark of four. Will wait for the expert. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 03/08/2007 1:50 pm This is a pretty common thing on the 43-S and also on the 43-P. Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 03/08/2007 2:26 pm This is an anomaly known almost exclusively to 1943 cents, and as of yet I don't have an official answer as to what causes it. It would be easy to say it's a filled die, but that's not the case. Almost always it's only the 4 that's affected, and that doesn't match up with the typical characteristics for filled dies - anything can be filled. My best educated guess is that it has something to do with the steel dies minting steel planchets and the similarities in hardness between the two caused very odd die wear that affected this digit more than others. Yup, it's a bit far fetched, but there's not been anything else out there that offers a more logical solution. Oh...and it's not worth anything extra - too common. Report this Post to the Staff
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