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@hendo, first welcome to CCF. Second, best practice is to only post one coin per thread so that we can focus on just that one thing. It also makes subsequent searches easier when we are looking for specific things. Thx.
With regard to the first cent that you posted, what about the coin makes you think that it is experimental (I see that someone wrote that on the 2x2). To me it looks like someone heavily plated a normal cent but maybe I'm missing something. What is the weight? Is it attracted to a strong magnet at all?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
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The first images are of a plated '43 cent. Unfortunately, they are not uncommon. I have about a dozen of them.
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Sorry Spence I am new here I will only post one coin per post in the future. The weight of the coin is 2.8 grams and it does stick to a magnet and from my research online about experimental cents it just doesn't appear plated and I suspect it could be a foreign planchet.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree, the first seems to be just a reprocessed steel cent from that year. Please give us the weight on the bronze-looking cent.  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
03/06/2021 4:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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The first steel cent is plated for sure.
The second 43 date is tooled, not a true 43.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The other coin, (the copper plated one) is showing either wear that is removing the plating of copper on some areas lightening a bit, but where the plating has worn off, you can see the steel again. Both are wheat cents, but the plating removes the desire for collecting these, as the plating ruins the collectable value. Both will jump to a magnet when held over them. Just wheat cents now.
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Yeah, the date on your "1943" copper looks pretty bad (off)
Seems like just another counterfeit.
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Bedrock of the Community
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2.7 grams is correct as a normal coin. I'm still thinking a plating happened to it during it life time.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with Coop. Both are plated. The top is typical and common to find plated. The bottom copper plated one is also not hard to find as a lot of 1943 steel cents were copper plated over the years as fakes since a real copper 1943 is very rare. Look how many pop up with a search: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=copper+pl...es&ia=imagesI do not see a problem with the copper plated one's date either. I think the pics make it look off. Compare side by side with a typical 1943. The 4 is correct and the 3 also is. 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 halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Agree. Both of these look like dead-ends.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm curious with 43 experimental cents post here, so doing a search online, I ran into the latest issue of Mike Byer rare coins. This issue has an article showing some of the one's that is certified by TPG and one Ex. owned by Fred Weinberg struck on a Surinam 25 cents planchet, which I didn't know until now. https://minterrornews.com/issue58.pdf |
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First cent is definitely plated, and the second one, well, that's plated too. If in doubt, you could always send them into be graded.
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Posted 03/06/2021 4:41 pm
