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Pillar of the Community
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The issue of "what do I do with the 1943 album slots" is a never-ending issue for those of us who like the wood-grain cents. No matter what goes in the 1943 slots, they will look weird. BU coins don't fit. Generic place-holders don't fit. Reprocessed cents in a woody album ought to be a criminal offense.  And leaving the spaces blank seems odd, too. Here is just one idea. It's just my 2 steel cents' worth. Most of the circulated steel cents are not pretty. Some of them, however, can have decent circulation cameos. For whatever reason, a few of the steel cents develop a somewhat reflective black surface. When that is combined with a circulation cameo, they at least are interesting. And in the context of those slots in a woody collection, interesting seems better than yeccch. Here's an example of the black cameo appearance. This is a pretty rough coin, but it will give the general idea. With some diligent searching, fairly nice examples can be found, even in dealers' junk boxes. Nearly complete circulation cameos exist, but are not common.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Circulation cameos are a good option. (Naturally) toned '43s can work as well--pretty much up to the individual collector.
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Moderator
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Very interesting idea and a nice example for it!  |
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United States
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I agree, that is a nice idea, a cool circulation cameo coin - gives it character. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10521 Posts |
Nice. Here's one I found recently while searching a bag of wheats.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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6499 Posts |
You could always widen the hole and use a nice '43 War Nickel with dramatic mixing issues. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10521 Posts |
Quote: widen the hole and use a nice '43 War Nickel 3 nickels in widened holes in a Lincoln Cent album would really look strange. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:You could always widen the hole and use a nice '43 War Nickel with dramatic mixing issues. I like it! -makecents-
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Quote: You could always widen the hole and use a nice '43 War Nickel with dramatic mixing issues.  Quote:3 nickels in widened holes in a Lincoln Cent album would really look strange. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pretty much anything in the 1943 slots of a woody collection is going to look like three kittens in a room full of Collies.  |
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Great idea fortcollins. Hopefully this will help your fellow cent woody collectors. I did a similar things back when I was CRH nickels. I set aside all the circulation blackened coins with cameo and eventually decided to try and fill a Dansco album with them. I made it quite a ways before I stopped CRH. You can read about it here: https://goccf.com/t/248676Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Quote: Pretty much anything in the 1943 slots of a woody collection is going to look like three kittens in a room full of Collies.  |
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Quote:I did a similar things back when I was CRH nickels. I set aside all the circulation blackened coins with cameo... You can read about it here: https://goccf.com/t/248676 That was nice to revisit. |
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Posted 11/05/2025 1:19 pm
