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sloooo New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 01/16/2008 10:30 pm Hello. I'm new hear and trying to find information on a penny I have. It's a 1943 Zinc Plated penny, but there is no 4 on it. It just says 19 3. I tried to google for it, but nothing came up. Can someone shead some light on this? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

Silver Gorilla Valued Member 286 Posts	Posted 01/16/2008 10:48 pm If you could post (some or a photo) of this 1943 Steel penny, then some of the Experts can help and determine what could have caused it. Welcome to Coin Community Edited by Silver Gorilla 01/16/2008 10:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mahgobbi Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 01/16/2008 11:05 pm If you search ebay for "1943 ghost" you'll probably find a lot of them. I know I've seen it a lot on there and I've only been collecting for a little over a month! I think I recall it being a weak die, but I'm not certain. I'm sure the experts can answer this better than I can. Report this Post to the Staff
mahgobbi Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 01/16/2008 11:13 pm Here's one that sold for $18.95 shipped http://cgi.ebay.com/GHOST-4-ERROR-C...NY_W0QQitemZ 330201373429QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330201373429 This one only sold for $1.40 shipped (plated?) http://cgi.ebay.com/1943-steel-with...ve_W0QQitemZ 150202067105QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150202067105 And here's 10 ugly ones for $25 shipped. http://cgi.ebay.com/10-x-GHOST-4-ER...NY_W0QQitemZ 230213379304QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230213379304 Edited by mahgobbi 01/16/2008 11:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Jim1953 Pillar of the Community United States 2600 Posts	Posted 01/16/2008 11:27 pm slooo, these are most typically "strike throughs" or a die that had grease in one or more of the devise areas. On a die, the devise is a negative or a cavity and when the die was cleaned they did not get all of the grease out. With the cavity filled, there was not place for metal to flow and subsequently, no devise. They are pretty common. They fetch a few bucks on ebay but really have little value. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/17/2008 5:03 pm For some reason the 4 on the 1943 cent seems to have clogged easily and frequently. I have seen a lot of these things with the 4 missing. Report this Post to the Staff
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