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1943 S Steel Cent - Guess The Grade

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 Posted 03/14/2023  08:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list
how a TPG looks at that rim damage is the key here. it does look like it occurred at the mint. personally I dont like it and have no idea why anyone would pay to have this graded but to each his own.

worst guess in the world assuming they didnt care about the rim...MS63
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 Posted 03/14/2023  09:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list
I can't see it above MS-62.
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 Posted 03/14/2023  09:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Agree with MS-62. Not a fan.
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 Posted 03/14/2023  12:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list
I'm at MS-62 also. Nice coin although the scratches deter from it's beauty. The steel cents have interesting history to them.

I have an old whiskey barrel coin bank that my Mom kept her's in. I should open it up and see how many "shiny" one's she has. Ofcourse, she collected them in 1943.
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 Posted 03/14/2023  12:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Aye, MS62 seems about right.
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 Posted 03/14/2023  6:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadThad to your friends list
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 Posted 03/16/2023  09:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add smat45 to your friends list
I'm gonna say that even w/the worn dies and polishing lines...they threw whoever submitted this a bone and gave him MS-64.
Still has luster through and through.
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 Posted 03/17/2023  05:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list
I guess MS62 range.

Why would anyone pay to slab such a common low value coin?
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 Posted 03/17/2023  10:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chirrrs to your friends list
The moment you've all been waiting for... NGC graded this one...

MS66

1943-S-Steel-Cent---Guess-The-Grade

My dad specifically wanted this slab because I already had one and he decided he needed one for himself. They're not super common to come across, so I bought this one online. When it came in, that S caught my attention. In doing a little research, I found that there were indeed really noticeable die polishing lines on those. I found multiple examples that also graded 66 and had the exact same markings. So I have mixed feelings about that one. It's still within the return period, but I got it at a good enough price that it's still worth it for the other two, so I'll leave that decision to him. He has only started collecting, so this will be one of the highest graded groups of coins he owns, so I doubt he's going to care.

Pretty crazy though. Like you guys, I thought that S looked more like a 62/63 to me. Just for my own sanity, I grabbed my own set, and I must have ended up with an earlier die state. Mine doesn't have these markings.
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 Posted 03/17/2023  12:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list
Very nice!
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 Posted 03/17/2023  12:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Fascinating!
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Well duh.
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 Posted 03/17/2023  3:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list
I never would have guessed that outcome. Congratulations on the super grades.
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 Posted 03/18/2023  08:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kenwright396 to your friends list
Wouldn't have guessed MS-66. Congrats to you.
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 Posted 03/18/2023  10:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list
what a cool holder. I guess NGC did not deduct anything for the rim as it was mint related. it gives good insight on how they treat this
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