1944 steel wheat penny?
dust3110
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What do you think about this coin? Magnetic and weighs 2.73 grams.
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dust3110
Posts: 75 ✭
dust3110
Posts: 75 ✭
dust3110
Posts: 75 ✭
dust3110
Posts: 75 ✭
What do you think about this coin? Magnetic and weighs 2.73 grams.
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Look OK but I without reservation would sent it to our host
Opinions hear will not carry much weight
Weight about right, too light for a zinc plated bronze. Likely a fake, coin doesn't look right. Rev rim very wide. Look close for a possible added 4 in the date. Would need better pics to really see. Chances are very, very slim it's authentic.
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Maybe it's the pics but the date and some of the letters look off to me. I say counterfeit.
Clear close-up pic on the date and MM, please.
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Doesn't look right to me.
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Odd look. Send it in for authentication if you really want an opinion that means anything to the "market".
The 4’s look different. Maybe the last 4 was changed from a 3?
It looks like a counterfeit to me
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I've handled enough real ones to know they don't look like that.
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I think its counterfeit but would be nice to have clear close-ups.
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Did it come with chopsticks?
Someone needs to do some research and examine known examples of this coin. I think it's a fake and a replate. IMO. That rev rim is strange. Peace Roy
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@dust3110 ....Welcome aboard.... You should send the cent in to a TPG for authentication. It is likely a counterfeit as Fred W. indicated.... Cheers, RickO
The date, the mint mark, and the proximity of LIBERTY to the rim all raise flags to me. Possibly an Asian counterfeit.
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Agreed. The second 4 looks tooled. Then, perhaps the coin was placed in some sort of collar and re-struck??? I'm trying to wrap my mind around how those rims got so flat....
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I vote counterfeit.
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It looks like something the Chinese cooked up.
Just like your 43 Bronze Cent question wheredid you find item?
Thx for the reminder.
A few weeks ago this poster brought us two 1943 bronze cents and now a 1944 steel cent.
@JBK Are you thinking we are part of a QC trial review of some new "errors" coming out?
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