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 Numismatic News - America got steel cents in 1943 instead of glass, but a remnant of the World War II search for a copper substitute remains to tantalize collectors. Researcher Roger W. Burdette has reported the only intact 1942 glass experimental piece. Made by the Blue Ridge Glass Company it has been certified by the Professional Coin Grading Service, graded PR-64. The glass experimental piece is presently held in a private collection, according to Burdette. As he tells its full story, it is made from tempered, yellow-amber transparent glass. It is identical in die alignment to the only other known example, which is broken in half. This is described and illustrated on Pages 95-96 of the book "Pattern and Experimental Pieces of WW-II" by Burdette. During 1942 the U.S. Mint was searching for a substitute for copper used in the one-cent coin. Copper was a critical war materiel and the War Production Board refused to allocate enough to the Mint to make cents for the next year. The Mint Bureau began internal experiments that eventually led to adoption of zinc coated steel for the 1943 coins. But the Mint also invited private companies to test various types of plastic in the event metals were not available. Read the Entire Article Subscribe to Numismatic News
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I am an Australian, so I don't use American terms as much as the genuine home grown folks do, but I have to admit:- ' that is cool'.  |
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How does one grade that using conventional coin grading standards?
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it is made from tempered, yellow-amber transparent glass hmm, I would expect to see more detail visible from the other side of a "transparent" coin, but I can only make out faint traces of this. still, very interesting! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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10/15/2016 08:48 am
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Interesting piece. I would have thought the government would have demanded all examples turned in and destroyed.
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So does broken CC own the broken glass piece lol
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Both sides definitely visible in this pic. Thanks bobby!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I read the description. This "coin" is insanely cool!
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Be cool to see what this goes for.
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@TypeCoin971793, I have the same question about the grading. How meaningful is it to attach the grade PR64 to this unique example? Why PR? why not 60 or 67?
That is one of my pet peeves, the idea that one can attach a grade to something, a single number, to describe an object that one has never seen before or has seen very few.
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I missed this the first time around. Wow. |
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Happy to see that survivor encapsulated, graded and protected.
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