1943 Lincoln cent

Gophertooth

How can you tell if a beautiful 1943 Lincoln Cent has had some sort of covering on it?

TurtleCat

If you mean the best way to tell it is copper plated? Use a magnet. If it sticks then it’s plated. After that I would weigh it and compare to the known weights. Odds are overwhelmingly against a genuine copper 1943 cent.

291fifth

Many 1943 Steel cents had their original zinc coating removed and were then replated with a silver colored metal. This was done very extensively in the 1960's. These have very little value since the replating was not done by the US Mint.

JBK

Or do you mean has it been reprocessed or replated with zinc?

You could start by posting good pictures and people will give opinions and advice.

Jimnight

Also ... there are a lot of 1943 copper plated fakes.

BLUEJAYWAY

@Jimnight said:
Also ... there are a lot of 1943 copper plated fakes.

Still have mine. I remember the big let down when it "ran" to the magnet.

ricko

@Gophertooth....Welcome aboard.... a picture and/or further details would help, but likely the answer is already above. Cheers, RickO