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Valued Member
United States
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Any idea if this coin is an authentic MS steel cent, or could it have been resurfaced to look mint. looks almost flawless, besides the weak "O" in one on the reverse. Any idea on a grade? I can take more pics if needed. Thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Looks like it was reprocessed.
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Valued Member
 United States
68 Posts |
If it was reprocessed would that change the weight?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5828 Posts |
The change would be very subtle.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1512 Posts |
Can you give us a shot of the edge?
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Valued Member
United States
68 Posts |
Take it out of the 2x2? Yeah. I guess I can for informational purposes.give me a few
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Valued Member
United States
68 Posts |
Hope these help you help me!   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm leaning towards reprocessed. watch out for those staples.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
The whole coin kind of looks pitted from the first set of pics. Maybe it was a ground find that someone tried to clean up.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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By the way, they really are made of steel so you don't have to put air quotes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
717 Posts |
Look reprocessed to me, especially the second pictures. Do they have any bluish tint or coloring to them? I had a bunch that had been replated, and some had a bluish tint. Mine were worn coins with a perfect shiny finish, so it was obvious something was wrong. "By the way, they really are made of steel so you don't have to put air quotes." Those are real quotation marks...not "air quotes"  |
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Valued Member
United States
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No they are just shiny silver color. No tint at all.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
946 Posts |
They look like they're reprocessed.They look like older steelies that were cleaned up and replated. Due to all the pitting I see from your pictures, but the fact that they look brand new finish wise.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sorry, definitely replated coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice, learned something new about reprocessing/plating 1943s. Thanks all.
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Posted 05/19/2015 7:12 pm
