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Clwang Valued Member United States 336 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 04:19 am Sticks to magnet Edited by Clwang 05/03/2023 04:23 am Report this Post to the Staff

I6609 Pillar of the Community United States 1231 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 05:13 am Can not attest to the weigh but looks like an RPM look at 1943D 1mm-007 or WRPM-008 First is copper coins 2nd wexlers Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34401 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 06:13 am Seems a little overweight, which could mean it was reprocessed (plated). I can't tell if that has been done to this cent though. "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
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 09:07 am Looks reprocessed, and if so it's just worth face value. Please show us the edge. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95630 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 09:20 am can you post up an edge image please? Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19147 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 09:25 am Before jumping to a reprocessing conclusion, a clear/sharp end-on shot of the rim would be useful. Report this Post to the Staff
Clwang Valued Member United States 336 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 10:58 am Report this Post to the Staff
coin rejector Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 12:52 pm I'm in the RPM camp, but which one? 15, 34 or 52? https://doubleddie.com/887255.html Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95630 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 2:02 pm To me it would appear to NOT be plated. That appears to be bare steel on the edge. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6529 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 2:05 pm 100 post Report this Post to the Staff
Clwang Valued Member United States 336 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 5:55 pm So why is this overweight? Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95630 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 7:11 pm Well it could just be a rolled thicker than normal sheet of steel before it was blanked. Your coin was most likely minted late in the year, and should weigh 2.754g with a tolerance of .013g - which is only out of spec of 0.076 grams (which ain't that far off). Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
datadragon Pillar of the Community United States 1648 Posts	Posted 05/03/2023 8:12 pm Appears to be original/unplated. From the last discussion with this weight replies by me and Pete2226... Your coin is just slightly out of tolerance: Steel cent = 2.689g/2.754g +/- 0.130g (Heavier weight produced in late 1943) According to Roger Burdette, Cheap steel for 1943 cents was coated with zinc by several processes, depending on which company was supplying planchets. Although the Mint specified thickness of zinc, the reality was that no one much cared. Steel strip was electroplated, hot dipped, hot rolled, heated and sprayed with molten zinc then rolled and just about any inexpensive process available. This inconsistency was also why the weight of 1943 cents was increased by 1-grain. This allowed extreme over- and under-weight planchets to be accepted as legal coins. ===== Interesting There are also cents struck on planchets intended to be used for foreign coins that were then being struck by the Philadelphia Mint. On quick glance however most appear to be over 3.0g. There was a 1942 cent struck on an Ecuador 20 Centavos planchet 4.0g, which NGC graded MS 63, and a 1943 cent on a Netherlands 25 cent planchet 3.52g that was graded NGC MS 61. 1943 on curacan 25 centstukken planchet 3.6g 1943-s struck on 5c peru centavos planchet 1943 struck on a dime planchet. So a nondestructive metallurgical analysis, an X-ray fluorescence, or XRF, analysis, can be done generally on a cent if there is no conclusion and you want to know. In english lol that just means learning the composition of the metals in the cent which can be telling. It's unusual to find an experimental alloy piece in pocket change although that has happened as well.https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...ntimony.html but the initial thought is always that its just slightly over tolerance and could therefore be nothing more than that since these were strikes for general circulation as well as wartime and was not always in tolerance, or struck on a thick rolled planchet but that also may be higher weight. Sometimes we over think hoping for the lottery ticket win. Edited by datadragon 05/03/2023 8:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Clwang Valued Member United States 336 Posts	Posted 05/04/2023 12:52 am This piece wasn't pocket change, it was in my dads collection, I've slowly been going through. Report this Post to the Staff
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