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New Member
United States
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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***I was thinking about sending this 1943 steel penny out for grading, hoping to get ms68. Do you think I should try?  
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Should not have photographed it under plastic, because plastic electrostatically attracts dust.
Those dust particles are easily confused with tiny nicks that may be on the coin, making it impossible to grade, at higher levels, even as it appears on my 24 inch screen monitor.
Assuming that only 50 % of those tiny marks are dust particles, the grade seems to me to be
MS-64.
Reverse appears to be much nicer than obverse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7616 Posts |
I suspect it has been reprocessed and does not have original surfaces.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6476 Posts |
That was my thought as well, although I am way less pro at grading than westernsky. That unnaturally bright gleam and fuzzy devices are suggesting a replated zinc cent.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6525 Posts |
 plated |
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Moderator
United States
15398 Posts |
If replated this has no numismatic value.
What does the rim look like?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19130 Posts |
A pic of the rim--end on--would be useful. At this point, the coin appears to have been replated.
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
This one appears to be reprocessed.
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Moderator
United States
95204 Posts |
looks reprocessed - which means it would get a 'details' grade if you were to send it in.. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21590 Posts |
Look at the edge of the coin.
If it is shiny like the obverse and reverse, then it has been replated.
If you can see layers of zinc coating over a steel core, then it is original.
My money is that it has been replated which means it has no numismatic value.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4618 Posts |
The surfaces do look off. Here's a split image of an Uncirculated and replated/reprocessed steel cent.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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New Member
 United States
18 Posts |
I don't know if it was reprocessed or not but it definitely came out of a penny roll I got from the bank.
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New Member
United States
18 Posts |
pictures without the bag. Its possible my phone camera is altering the image. Do people re-plate zinc pennies and put back into circulation?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21590 Posts |
Did you look at the edge yet to see if it was replated or not?
Still waiting for a picture of the edge but 99% sure it is replated.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1464 Posts |
with all, appears to be reprocessed and an edge pic would help confirm. Quote:
Do people re-plate zinc pennies and put back into circulation? Yes, they make their way into circulation for various reasons. |
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New Member
United States
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Confirmed reprocessed?  |
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