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I came along this cent today. It's magnetic but I'm not sure how much it weighs. Does it look real?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No. It's looks like some altered the coin by replating the coin. Also the date looks fishy too. It looks like they have also altered the date too. Not sure what the actual year is.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 The second 4 is smaller than the first 4, which is pretty fishy to me. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This is a common practice of counterfeiting coins.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks like they have also altered the date too. Not sure what the actual year is. Very general observation. Some help for you is: on a 1944 Wheat cent the 4's are of equal shape and size. Your coin's second 4 is shaped a bit different than the first one plus it is smaller - making it an altered 1943 steel cent seeing it sticks to a magnet!! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank Mark. I had a feeling the date was altered too. Good point.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here is a real Steel 1944-D Cent:  Here is a real Steel 1944-S Cent:  Here is a real 1944 steel Cent:  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Even better Coop. You just proved that this LWC is not real. Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sorry, it looks identical (porous surface) to the fake Chinese 1944 copy I bought some years ago so I could see what a fake steel cent looks like.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What is the weight? That would be another factor to tell.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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with Coop. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5832 Posts |
The strike is also weak and mushy, wear is uneven on the rim besides the date as mentioned.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nose is hooked and clearly wrong on OP example - what's left to be said?
Edited by Coinfrog
08/21/2017 8:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Anybody notice that the '44S was labelled as a 1943 on the PCGS pic?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Second 4 is wrong, strike is weak with bad rims, yet has finned rims on the right side? Looks like a Chinese fake.
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Posted 08/21/2017 5:11 pm
