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New Member
United States
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just inherited a house found this while cleaning up:)   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 It is a 1943 Steel Wheat cent, minted for one year during WWII to save copper for the war effort. The mintage from all three Mints exceeded one billion coins so it is fairly common and worth 15-25 cents in that condition. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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To CCF , Keep looking you never know .  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1747 Posts |
however if this is copper, then you might have something. test it with a magnet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7613 Posts |
Trust me on this, you got yourself a nice 1943 STEEL cent!
Hopefully, you'll find more goodies as you clean up the property!
Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19931 Posts |
Welcome to CC! NICE FIND!
Sadly, this coin is only worth about 5 cents.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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to the CCF! |
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Moderator
 United States
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to the Community! Still a fun find.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
458 Posts |
yes hopefully find some nice old coins especially old gold c oins
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Pillar of the Community
United States
527 Posts |
some people pay for and you got for free! Nice find ! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you think about it you found a coin that was made over 70 years ago. Nice find |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
My coin shop wouldn't even offer .05 cents, actually. Probably same value as a common date Wheat cent, imo. .02 - .03 cents for this Steelie-cent. Sure there's always ebay....never know. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They are so common due to the relatively huge mintages and that they were saved/put away more than they were spent. It is rare to find them with a lot of real use wear.
Many of the 1943 steel cents were "reprocessed" later by recoating them with zinc or other materials to make them shiny. You coin looks like it was fairly well protected from the elements and probably not reprocessed (at least recently) so has some additional value. Still, even better examples can be had for a dollar or so.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
906 Posts |
Good luck with your new house. Regardless of "value", it seems like good fortune to find a 1943 penny.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is one of those coins that has a unique place in the history of US coins, and every coin collector wants or has one in his collection, but are so common that they have little value unless in pristine condition which yours is not. Keep it as a cool memento of your new house. |
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Posted 09/02/2016 1:32 pm
