Just Retired, Needed A Hobby And Lots Of Help. 1943-D Lincoln Wheat Cent / LWC

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reber53 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/24/2020 7:28 pm Hello to all, I am new at this game and need help! I inherited a few coins and I have been rummaging through a bucket of change collected over the past 4 or 5 years. Needless to say I have questions. I thought I would start with this 1943D. Getting a good picture has been a problem because it very shinny. I was able to get a good picture of what I think is a D/D. Am I correct? Report this Post to the Staff

suipakpaikungfu Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 04/24/2020 7:42 pm to the site! The image is too blurry for me to tell. Report this Post to the Staff
chipjones Pillar of the Community United States 819 Posts	Posted 04/24/2020 7:46 pm Looks like a plating bubble. The zinc core is rotting it will have pit where the bubble is soon. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 04/24/2020 8:07 pm Although impossible to tell from the lighting in the pics, your cent may be plated. This was done to many of them to be included in special coin sets that were given away for promotional items for such things like opening a new bank account (speaking from experience in the 70s). Note how what appears as a second D is very enlarged and smeared. This may be a result of the plating process. Just a guess from what I have seen before. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 04/24/2020 8:35 pm @cj, the coin is steel right? (not zinc) "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 Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/24/2020 9:12 pm They are steel coated in zinc normally. When they get rusty, the buff them off and plate them. The value is ruined with they are restored. How can you tell they have been plated? Seeing a re-platted one next to a normal one, show how you can tell: Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 04/24/2020 11:06 pm exactly. You can tell it's plated from the shiny appearance. True steel cents are duller in appearance. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 04/24/2020 11:06 pm and to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
chipjones Pillar of the Community United States 819 Posts	Posted 04/25/2020 01:00 am @spence you are right. That's what I get for jumping the gun. Lol Report this Post to the Staff
reber53 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/25/2020 10:12 am Thanks for the info. Lesson learned-Shinny isn't always a good thing. Report this Post to the Staff
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Just Retired, Needed A Hobby And Lots Of Help. 1943-D LWC