PCGS 1943 Bronze Cent to be auctioned by Great Collections

Byers

https://minterrornews.com/news-12-29-21-1943-lincoln-cent-bronze-copper-pcgs-au-50-bn-offered-in-greatcollections-auction.html

johnny9434

$190,000 thus far, 1 bid

bearcave

WOW I have some steely, same as everyone else, but no bronze ones. That's a good price so far.

Byers

It looks undergraded and has a very appealing and nice look to it.

Steven59

Great cent - will be interesting to see how high it will go for.

ColonelJessup

I sold a PCGS AU58 I bought raw for 46K about 15-17 years ago for $78K several days after it was graded.

Byers

The first 43 Bronze Cent that I handled I paid 30k in an AU Anacs holder 20 years ago…

Zoins

@Byers said:
It looks undergraded and has a very appealing and nice look to it.

I agree it looks undergraded from the photos. AU50 is a dog grade. I wonder what we're not seeing.

Here's a higher resolution TrueView:

oih82w8

Ian more than likely sent this, among others, to CAC before posting for auction. There is probably something lurking in the shadows that we don't see. Waaaay outta my price range anyway with the first bid.

I like to imagine whose fingers this piece, as well as other circulated great rarities, has gone through in various transactions.

golden

Sure looks nice!

Crypto

I was going to say it looks like an XF to these eyes not undergraded

NebuchadnezzarTheGreat

This coin has been around. There's a scratch on the obverse behind Lincoln which is the tell-tale sign of this coin. It's a coin that apparently was just graded by PCGS as it used to be in a NGC XF Details holder.

JesseKraft

@Zoins said:

@Byers said:
It looks undergraded and has a very appealing and nice look to it.

I agree it looks undergraded from the photos. AU50 is a dog grade. I wonder what we're not seeing.

Here's a higher resolution TrueView:

There are many rim dings on both sides, notably at the 2 o'clock obverse area.

ColonelJessup

@oih82w8 said:
Ian more than likely sent this, among others, to CAC before posting for auction. There is probably something lurking in the shadows that we don't see. Waaaay outta my price range anyway with the first bid.

I like to imagine whose fingers this piece, as well as other circulated great rarities, has gone through in various transactions.

CAC does not sticker '43 Coppers.

Byers

@ColonelJessup said:

“ CAC does not sticker '43 Coppers.”

With all due respect….. they do!

Here is one from an article in Mint Error News!

ColonelJessup

ROFLMAO... I just checked their census for the date so I wouldn't go off half-cocked. Half-blind wasn't considered. Denial !!!!

Thanks, Mike. Remind me to stay out of your lane with my walker

Aotearoa

Does anyone truly believe that a green sticker would have any impact on the value of this coin?

Byers

Everyone is welcome in my lane. There is room for everyone. 😃

Zoins

@Aotearoa said:
Does anyone truly believe that a green sticker would have any impact on the value of this coin?

I do. There are enough floating around that you can compare them.

ColonelJessup

Thanks for a look at a healthy coin.
Wouldn't be my first conviction for obstructing traffic. I'm in lockdown right now for public intemperance .
Last week I was tempted to flag @jmlanzaf for agreeing with me. Maybe a coin show will cheer me up.

Whaaaaat?

oreville

I remember Jay Parrino trying to get me to buy his 1943 copper/ bronze cent in an old ANACS holder at the 1999 FUN show for $25,000 and turned him down because I thought it was too expensive. What a mistake not to buy it.

ricko

I can remember the endless searching for one of these when I was a YN.... Penny jars at my Aunt's house, Mom and Dad's pocket/purse change.... Change received from my newspaper route.... No luck. Cheers, RickO

DCW

This is the kind of coin that was always advertised in comic books when I was growing up in the eighties. Plated steelies, check your change for $$$, etc.
A real dream coin which never became any closer to reach in adulthood.

Zoins

@DCW said:
This is the kind of coin that was always advertised in comic books when I was growing up in the eighties. Plated steelies, check your change for $$$, etc.
A real dream coin which never became any closer to reach in adulthood.

It’s just a lottery ticket away

Zoins

@ricko said:
I can remember the endless searching for one of these when I was a YN.... Penny jars at my Aunt's house, Mom and Dad's pocket/purse change.... Change received from my newspaper route.... No luck. Cheers, RickO

But some people did find them, which makes the story powerful.

Of course, there are more lottery winners than bronze cent specimens!

lusterlover

@NebuchadnezzarTheGreat said:
This coin has been around. There's a scratch on the obverse behind Lincoln which is the tell-tale sign of this coin. It's a coin that apparently was just graded by PCGS as it used to be in a NGC XF Details holder.