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My lovely wife brought home a roll of 1943 S LWC for me today. Ain't she a peach?! They are very similar in condition to those pictured here. I am a variety/error guy and I don't know much about LWC. Can you take a look at this image and give me an estimate of the condition and if you want to take a stab at values, I'd appreciate it very much. CHEERS!  |
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Interesting. Is there anything I can do to be sure?
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Looks glossy and the high points are worn yet its still "shiny", signs that it's plated.
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06/08/2011 8:38 pm
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No, that wouldn't tell anything. That surface is dead. If you can look at a genuine one, you'll note the liveliness of the surface, then you'll know. FWIW, we have a lot with that look, too. I don't know exactly what they're plated with, but they're plated. Do you have a coin shop near you you can visit? Once you see the difference, yourself, you'll not forget it.
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Yesterday I got change from selling gold coin at a dealers, and he gave the shiniest 1943 penny I ever saw I thought it was a dime. I went back with my commision for selling the gold. He said he knew hr gsve it to me he said it was processed. Some about de zincing it, he called it processed not cleaned does anyone know the history of processed steel pennies.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Replated coins are common and easy to spot with a little comparison. The real ones have a nice, cartwheel luster..... just like a normal cent except they are 'silver'. The replates are more mirror-like and usually splotchy. Here's a real one:  Edited by BadThad
06/08/2011 10:35 pm
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they pull off the zinc and replate it with new, noncorroded zinc. btw, this was the first clad US coin, not counting patterns.
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