1943-S Steel Penny "light Double 4"

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MintOrSpent New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 06:34 am I've had this coin in storage for over 10 years. It was in a plastic/paper coin holder so long when I took it out to examine it, looking at the empty holder I could see a slight imprint left on the plastic. My main concern is can that spot be removed by a professional cleaning service? I would have it graded if I can get that done. I'm not sure what it meant on the card holder by "Light Double 4" but the 4 in 1943 looks bolder to me than other steel wheat cents of the same year and with the same "S" mint mark. I'm not sure how valuable it could potentially be as I've seen these wheat cents be sold at auction for over $100,000 at AU58 to near an average of $3500 recently for MS68. I want to look it over again later but I thought it could be a D/D/O variety, at a minimum one number in the date is bold, I would like a jewelry scope with higher magnification but I'll check carefully when I look. Report this Post to the Staff

ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19142 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 07:40 am Given the images posted, it appears to have been plated some time after it had been struck--not that uncommon for steel cents. Of the 1,200+ steel cents I had not long ago, I's say 30+ were plated. Plated steel cents don't carry much value. Others will be along to comment Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18654 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 08:45 am the coin is reprocessed. no collector value. the doubling on 4 is Machine Doubling it occurs when the die chatters against the coin and is fairly common Edited by panzaldi 10/25/2022 08:50 am Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 08:59 am to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 09:34 am Your coin has been plated after it left the mint which makes it PMD with no added value. In future posts please properly crop photos,we only need to see the coin not the background and it wastes server space. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19942 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 1:24 pm Plated, PMD Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 2:43 pm to the CCF and Plating destroys any numismatic value. Now just a cull Wheat cent. Report this Post to the Staff
JTCC Pillar of the Community United States 797 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 2:52 pm I agree, reprocessed steelie. minimal value. Report this Post to the Staff
MintOrSpent New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 8:32 pm Well thanks for the input and I'll attach a response from a local authorized coin dealer of a certain coin grading service/company, not showing his name or company but his response to those pictures was, he'd clean and grade it if it was his coin but not worth his time or money as it's mine. For a long time coin dealer, he didn't care to point out what most have in this thread or he didn't notice. That's cropped to just the response. Report this Post to the Staff
NumismaticsFTW Pillar of the Community United States 2281 Posts	Posted 10/25/2022 10:51 pm Reprocessed Cent, I give them to kids. You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18654 Posts	Posted 10/26/2022 09:45 am whomever that service was that said you did fine if you paid $35 for this coin does not know coins. how can he say that? run dont walk from this person and never deal with them. if they dont know this coin was plated you cant trust their competence on anything Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36710 Posts	Posted 10/26/2022 10:14 am AU details, Reprocessed. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21597 Posts	Posted 10/26/2022 10:19 am All you have to do is look at the edge to see where the plating is peeling off. The edge should be a steel core sandwiched between layers of zinc. Report this Post to the Staff
shantiom Pillar of the Community United States 522 Posts	Posted 10/28/2022 01:45 am watch out for the steelies! reprocessed often and the market for the steelie rolls is intense right now in my area! Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 10/28/2022 4:22 pm MintOrSpent, if a "coin dealer" suggested cleaning this coin, and did not recognize this as a worthless plated coin, don't go back to him. 35 cents would be about right for a coin in this condition, but as I stated above, plating destroys any numismatic value. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19942 Posts	Posted 10/28/2022 8:10 pm The best part about this thread is it has nice, clear pictures of a plated 1943. I think about 90% of the 43's posted on CCF have been plated. I'll add this for the millionth time: 1943'S ARE NOT VALUABLE COINS Even if you're so lucky as to find a high-grade, MS-67 coin, it's worth less than $200 in a PCGS slab. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
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1943-S Steel Penny "Light Double 4"