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Valued Member
United States
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I found this 1943 steel penny and noticed an light orange coming through the steel near the lettering. Then I looked at the rim and noticed what looked to me like a copper core. Is this a steel plated 1943 copper?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is it even possible to plate copper with steel ? (Melting temperatures)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could you post a picture of the obverse?
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Valued Member
 United States
91 Posts |
Here is the observe. You can also see copper coming through around the date and GOD  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Valued Member
United States
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Rust wouldnt be on the center of the rim perfectly all the way round. Also it would rub off onto my finger which it didnt. It gave it a slight shine
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Impure oxides of iron quite often have a tawny color.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could you have it backwards? If the copper color is tucked in around the rim and by the date, could that be what is left rather than what is showing through? Lots of badly copper-plated 1943's out there.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Probably a plated steel put back into circulation and almost all of the copper plating wore off, leaving only a few hints of the copper plating intact.
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Moderator
 United States
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Rust wouldnt be on the center of the rim perfectly all the way round It could. The blanks were punched out of a strip that was plated in zinc on both sides leaving the edges bare steel. John1  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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No one in their right mind would zinc coat a copper 43 . Therefore it has to be remains of a copper plated zinc .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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New Member
United States
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Can a 1943 Steel have bad rust build-up and if so how can I remove it?
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Moderator
United States
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It can and you can't remove it without damaging the coin. John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Plating often starts with copper as the first layer. Not sure if this is correct, but it seems the chrome plate something, it is copper, then nickel and then chrome. (A memory from the 1960's)
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Posted 12/16/2016 3:49 pm
