1943-S Steel Penny Couple Questions

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garant New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 10:05 am Hello. I had a couple of questions about my coin. Hopefully yall can help me out. Was the Copper 1943-S Penny plated only. The reason I was asking was I noticed a couple copper looking spots in my coin not sure if those were rust or copper. I found the coin outside in an old shop where I moved. Theyve always been on the coin ever since I found it about 10 years ago. Thank you for your time and thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

garant New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 10:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
garant New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 10:11 am Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 10:31 am to CCF. The cent in 1943,P-D-S are zinc plated steel. Your coin looks like it has rust showing or some sort of substance on it. It is not the copper one. Your steel cent should weigh 2.7 grams and the copper 3.1 grams. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Debrajc Pillar of the Community United States 4211 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 11:55 am and yes, I have a couple of rusty ones as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 4:37 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 05/13/2017 11:07 pm to the Community! I concur, it looks like oxidation (rust). Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 05/15/2017 10:52 am I have a few that were Copper plated. At least those are worth more than a cent. Report this Post to the Staff
pocketchange2 Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 05/15/2017 11:03 am surely magnetic? Edited by pocketchange2 05/15/2017 11:13 am Report this Post to the Staff
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