1943 S steel cent - thoughts?
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This was leftover from my father after he passed away - it was in his collection. We didn’t even know it existed - it looks amazing!!
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It appears to be replated. This was done to many of the 1943 cents and it will not grade, except for details. I need to look if they even detail them.
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I need to get more pics to share. - it is near flawless
Based on your pics, it looks reprocessed, not the as struck surface
It’s reprocessed/plated. No numismatic value, but that shouldn’t take away from the sentimental value.
Replated. No doubt about it. This is what the surfaces should look like:
Here's an NGC article explaining it. They are no grade coins.
https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6810/counterfeit-detection-september-2018/
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Replated, and I'm not even sure if it's with zinc. Maybe chrome?
Well I thought it had a funny look to it .... ha ha!
Thanks fellas
Looks like a plate job to me as well
Replating 1943 cents was very common back in the 1960's. As others have said, yours is replated.
Definitely replated as others have already stated.
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Plated is the correct term, re-plated implies that it was plated beforehand
The original plating was zinc.
Not plated, coated. There's a difference, look it up.
Perhaps you meant to say galvanized, coating is literally the most general word for putting a thin layer over a substrate. Plating is a coating, just as paint is a coating and galvanizing is a coating. Either way no need to be mean about it. Plated, re-plated, what difference does it make? We all know what they are talking about, right?
Doing some looking around most references actually state that they are plated. Wikipedia is the exception stating they are galvanized. I have not found which galvanization process was used, but one method of galvanizing is... electroplating.
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The strip was zinc coated before the blanks were punched from it. This means no zinc on the edge. Plating would coat the entire planchet. If "mean" means being accurate, them yes, I am mean.
The strip was plated.
"Reprocessed" zinc cents technically have a new coating of zinc plating on the obverse and reverse and the edges are plated for the first time.
Shorthand: replated.
In the 1960s, these were sold in a small plastic holders for $1 or a bit more. They usually had lesser-than-uncirculated specimens which were brightly coated like the one the OP showed.
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Does this "mean" that the obverse and and reverse are not plated? Not coated? Not hot dip galvanized? Not electro galvanized?
Should we be calling these "1943 Zinc coated/plated/galvanized except for the edge steel cents"?
What if there is a plating defect or missing area on the surface? Does that mean the piece is not plated?
For accuracy, Inquiring minds want to know
Call them what you wish. They are what they are.
Zinc coated yes, by what process? Realize that what you are saying is akin to saying "That's not Bourbon, that's whisky". You are not being accurate, you are being extremely general.
Plating has nothing to do with the edge, it's just a coating process. The strip was "plated" with zinc before being punched. just because they aren't 100% covered in zinc does not make them not plated.
I guess I misread your tone when you said "there's a difference, look it up". /s
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Plating, coating, galvanizing.... another layer of metal has been added.... to-may-toes, to-mah-toes.... Yes, the OP coin has been plated post mint. Cheers, RickO
They were Zinc plated, is that why some are saying "Re-Plated"?
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So, was it plated or replated? My head hurts!
Same thing. The "re"- is just referring to the fact that the original coins were zinc plated steel.