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New Member
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Edited by Outta_Cointrol
05/31/2023 12:35 am
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice Wheaty! It could be a Greaser or PMD Your pictures have alot of glare and not clear enough so it's difficult to tell. Can you take a clear close up picture of the R? So you can be better helped. Edited by DMN
05/31/2023 12:51 am
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Valued Member
United States
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It could be a Greaser or polished over. I can't really tell because the picture of the R is still not close and clear enough for me to see. Someone else is going to have to weigh in on it. |
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New Member
United States
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So if you are looking through a loop, ND you move the coin around you can see the r if the light hits just right, but it doesn't seem to ne raised at all an disappears and isn't visible from most angles. Also, I just found a 1943 s selling on ebay. It's PCGS stabbed MS67+ DDO FS 101 and listed as a 1943/2 s.i don't know but there does seem to be something going on with my coins mint mark, or dare |
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Kinda looks like a re-plated coin to me which makes it PMD.The missing R is most likely a Grease Filled Die issue. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes, given the posted pics, the coin does look to be plated. Agree with the grease filled assessment.
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Pillar of the Community
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Most definitely a reprocessed (re-plated) cent.
That proof like appearance shouldn't be on a unplated cent.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Just worth 1 cent now.   to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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reprocessed. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Reprocessed and not sure about Grease Filled Die. Looks like a contact mark on the rim right above where the "R" should be. May have been intentionally removed. |
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New Member
United States
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This coin weighs 2.66 grams. I have a Denver minted coin in almost as good of condition which weighs 2.68 grams. I have 5 1943 steel cents in the normal worn condition these coins are typically found in. Their weights are 2.74, 2.68, 2.72, 2.65, and 2.71 grams. I have never heard of steel cents being replaced. It doesn't make any sense to me that anyone would spend the kind of money it would take to do this on the scale that it would have likely been done. Also, I imagine there would have been a lot more to it than just replating. The coins would have had to be inspected, cleaned, prepped, ect. Even after all that they wouldn't be much better than when they were originally minted. Also, wouldn't there be a lot of red tape to get through before a 3rd party could do this legally?it all sounds kinda bizarre to me!
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Pillar of the Community
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... I have never heard of steel cents being replaced.... It has been replated (auto correct may have changed your text to "replaced".) Please do yourself a favor by doing an internet search for "re-plated or re-processed" Lincoln cents. You'll be amazed by what turns up. If there is $ to be made people will do it. Some replating is better looking than others but we have seen it so many times. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Pillar of the Community
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Outta, There were company's in the 50s that would take 100 of your rusty steel cents and replate them and give you back 50. That's how they made money on them. The steel cents would rust very soon after minting, and the people didn't want to carry them around, so they sent them it. There are millions and millions of reprocessed steel cents out there.
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I agree, but it does happen. after market re-plate all kinds of coins the State Quarters for one, and the 1943 steel cent get re-plated all the time. Some people think they look better or are mint state coins. But the thing with the steel cents - the edges never get a zinc coating, When the steel is rolled out the top and bottom get a protective zinc coating to prevent them from rusting in our pockets. Then the blanks are punched out from the rolled steel plate. then the coin making process started from there. If you have a steel 43 cent and the edge is not bare steel but instead shiny, then it has been re-processed. For the most part, it is just a novelty coin, but some folks try to make a profit off people that don't know the difference. |
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