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New Member
United States
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Is this rare or was it caused by the war efforts back then?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Kinda neat, but not rare. I personally get these and hand them out to my younger relatives to maybe get them interested in numismatics someday. Yes, it was to preserve metals for the war effort.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nope, not rare if it's a steel penny. Could still be worth a bit if it grades high. Can you post a picture so we can see what condition it's in?
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Forum Mom
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As a side note, the steel cents of 1943, while certainly not rare, are very difficult to find in brilliant uncirculated condition. The zinc coating was applied to the planchet before striking and therefore didn't seal the steel very well. As a result, most of these that you see will either be somewhat rusty or will have been recoated. Recoated cents are easy to identify as there is no true luster on these, just a high, even shine. Also, many people recoated worn steel cents, so you can often tell that it's coated just from the details.
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New Member
 United States
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Yes, I will post a picture bit it, may take me a few days. I have to go back to my mother's house. She has all the coins put-away, but I will get it on here to look at. Thanks for the help.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi bigtrain0
There are also a couple of varieties within the 43 steel cents that are worth taking a look for !!
the 43-D/D jumps readily to mind !!
We will be watching for the pics,, and welcome to the forum !!
Rick
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Valued Member
United States
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what is a reprocessed steel coin? Silvertowne has these for sale.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by sharktoy
what is a reprocessed steel coin? Silvertowne has these for sale.
A reprocessed one is a just a steelie that has been replated with zinc |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To also tell how it's a reprocessed is by looking at the edge it looks thicker than other steel cents but since you don't have your steel cents just wait and compare to other cent rims you might see a difference
compare to another cent but it might not look any different but to me it does so post when you get your coins again
AND oh ya WELCOME TO CCF
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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All the steel pennies combined had a mintage of 1,093,838,670.
Did they have a recall of these coins after the war?
And There were so many normal wheatbacks made but now not so common to find. Have these disappeared from circulation throught the efforts of collectors hoarding them or is there a recycle process going on?
I can't imagine that anyone would be sorting old pennies from new just to return them for reprocessing but since 1982 the weight of the penny is approximately 20% lighter, do they have a machine sorting the coins by weight in order to get older coins with more copper?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's fun when I'm running a bunch of cents through the coin counter and one jumps out and sticks to the magnet. Most of the time it startles me enough to make me jump!  Almost all of the steel cents I've found are so rusty as to be almost indistinguishable from a regular wheatie at first glance.  But I save them anyways, I think they're neat- I know there are lots of hoarders out there (Dad?) rescuing any and all wheaties from circulation. Rachel  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I never knew there was anything in the 43 cent series worth looking for, my grandfather gave me a 5 gallon bucket full of nothing but 43 steel cents. Maybe I need to pain stakenly look through them
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I found a 1943 in circulation just recently. First time in years.
When I was a kid, I had them in my pockets all the time, and they were usually shiny.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by toast
All the steel pennies combined had a mintage of 1,093,838,670.
Did they have a recall of these coins after the war?
And There were so many normal wheatbacks made but now not so common to find. Have these disappeared from circulation throught the efforts of collectors hoarding them or is there a recycle process going on?
I can't imagine that anyone would be sorting old pennies from new just to return them for reprocessing but since 1982 the weight of the penny is approximately 20% lighter, do they have a machine sorting the coins by weight in order to get older coins with more copper?
No, there was never a recall effort made by the Mint. Since they were only made for one year, the were considered a novelty item and hoarded in great numbers. As far a wheat ears go, same situation- collector hoarding has taken the vast majority of them out of circulation. They can still be found floating around in change with a bit of looking though. Pre 82 cents are starting to disappear due to probable hoarding as well since the copper is worth more than face value. Another thing is the fact that most US households have change jars sitting around and the majority makeup of those change stockpiles- cents. I personally have over $50 worth of cents alone in my change jar (bucket actually). I am not sure if anyone is melting them yet or not as the price of copper isn't too much over face value- yet. |
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