1943 S&d

Where did you pick them up at? How much did you pay? They both look cleaned to me especially the S mint . Be aware that some steel cents are known to be post mint plated and are considered damaged to collectors.
John1

I picked them up at a flea market in Perkiomenville Pa
I gave the guy 5.00 for the pair.
For the most part, I got them to put in my book....But if air tights would be better for these guy, I might just have to break down and get some.
My camera...
Cannon Rebel XTI with the efs 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 II 58mm lens it has macro 0.28m/0.9ft
The long and short of it...Basic camera, with a basic all purpose stock lens.
mounted on a tripod and using the flash that comes on the camera.
I use paint shop pro 8 to edit my pictures. The most "editing" that I do is cropping resizing (which is generally in half) and maybe the auto photo enhance button.
The enhancement puts the picture closer to what it actually looks like.

I zoomed up to like 800% to take a closer look at these. The images do well making them larger.
I see the obvious numerous lines going diagonally from 10 o'clock to 4 o'clock especially on the S coin.
I am not sure if these were cleaned, maybe it is metal flow? The lines only seem to really appear to go over the lettering in a few letters which might be just a coincidence. I would think that the lines would be even worse on the raised letters if it were cleaned. I think the S is maybe AU53-55 with that rim nick.
I think the D is AU55 as well.
I am no pro, but I feel these are maybe not cleaned, a might be possible unc but just making it, if they are.

If you live in a humid place or where it gets very hot and cold, I would use air tight containers, if it is mostly mild and dry all year round, these might be OK in a better quality album.

call me silly but my 2 cents are MS-60 on the S and an AU-58 on the D it may even be a 55 w/ the wear on the hair