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1943 Steel Penny's. Refinished Or Original?

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 Posted 05/24/2013  10:33 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add JJHFL to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Need a second set of eyes. 3 Steel Penny's here. Coin 1 and 2 I'm unsure of. Coin three looks refinished to me due to super shine and the S mint mark having a filled appearance. Opinions?

Coin 1


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 Posted 05/24/2013  10:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oih82w8 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Are these in TOP III TPG slabs or airtites?

#1 looks original to me

#2 & #3 look reprocessed or cleaned in some way.
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05/24/2013 10:46 am
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Not TPG, just generic plastic cases.
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I agree with ohi82w8.
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That was my gut... 1 real deal and 2&3 altered
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I hate how they were done over.

Number one looks untouched
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Look at the edge. Originals have exposed steel, reprocessed ones do not.
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Anyone have an edge stacked photo of original vs replated?
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1 looks real, 2 and 3 look refinished to me.
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Here's the edge examples:

The re-plated one in on the left, original one is on the right.

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I ended up with a couple examples from my fathers collection. He had written on the 2x2 UNC. They didn't look right so I broke them out and took a closer look. They had been replated with the edges looking like the example above. I do have 4 others that haven't been touched and are in real nice shape.
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Actually it is a lot more difficult to know which is which today. So many have been reprocessed by so many different methods, some just look original. And not all are redone in Zinc either. I've got approximately 2,500 of the 1943 Cents. Used to have over 5,000 but gave a lot to kids. Almost a half roll of the Chromed ones. 3 of the Copper plated ones. Possibly about 100 to 200 redone with Zinc. Some have been Tinned. Some of the redone ones in Zinc look as good as any original.
I can see why some were Chromed, Tinned and/or Copper plated. Great novelty items. However, the cost and time to Zinc plate one and then sell for $0.10 to $0.25, if lucky, makes no CENTS.
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