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1943 S Lincoln Wheat Cent Struck On 3.1 Gram Copper Planchet.

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 Posted 06/05/2021  8:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T-BOP to your friends list
To CCF , It's a copper penny all right but not a 43-S .Pretty bad shape , just a cull worth 1¢ .
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 Posted 06/05/2021  9:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list
I got a neck ache trying to look at that coin up-right.

I turned it around for you..
The '1' is almost obliterated, the '9' took a hit to almost turn it onto a '0', the third number most likely a '5' and the top got smashed down to the weird angle we see.

1943-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Cent-Struck-On-3.1-Gram-Copper-Planchet. 1943-S-Lincoln-Wheat-Cent-Struck-On-3.1-Gram-Copper-Planchet.

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 Posted 06/05/2021  9:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Certainly not a copper 1943-S, just a mangled coin of some other date.



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 Posted 06/05/2021  9:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list
Agree with dearborn.
Just a badly mangled 1953
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 Posted 06/05/2021  9:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Agree with all above--mangled copper Lincoln cent--not a '43 S on a copper planchet. Didn't we see something similar come across this forum a few weeks ago?
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 Posted 06/06/2021  12:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list
Looks to be a 1953-S to me.

Amazing how many horribly damaged "1943-S" cents show up on this forum. This is at least the 2nd one in the last 2 weeks!
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 Posted 06/06/2021  04:57 am  Show Profile   Check spru's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add spru to your friends list
It's a 1953-S.
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 Posted 06/06/2021  05:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
. I am in the 1953-S boat.
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 Posted 06/06/2021  07:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list

And for sure not a 1903 either.
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 Posted 06/07/2021  10:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
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Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.
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 Posted 06/07/2021  8:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
I saw one, one time that was a copper poor of the obverse of a obverse cent. The reverse had no design, just bumpy surface. (I've kicked myself for years not saving that image. It probably is still out there on the web somewhere?)
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 Posted 06/07/2021  11:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add merclover to your friends list

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its highly "valuable" right?

It looks like a 53-S to me as well. In this condition, it's worth the wholesale value of Wheat cents, which is about 3 cents. It's in very rough shape.
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 Posted 06/07/2021  11:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SamCoin to your friends list
Very convenient that one of the rarest coins in the world would have a mangled date that could conveniently be a much more common coin. Almost like how irrefutable proof of UFOs and Bigfoot always seems to be captured on the worst, out-of-focus cameras...
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 Posted 06/09/2021  9:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silviosi to your friends list
Damage coin. Copper value, no more no less.
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 Posted 06/09/2021  11:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add VestigeWolf to your friends list
Soak it in some acetone so we can all see the 53. Keep looking, I'm sure there are still some out there.
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