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Recent 1943/2-S overdate Lincoln cent discovery??

SsimpohlSsimpohl Posts: 9
edited August 12, 2022 8:04AM in Q & A Forum

It's no secret . Dual date hubbing could happen near the end of any calendar year. --After experts confirmed the newly discovered 1943/2-S overdate Lincoln cent a recent publication suggested the only known 1943/2 over date Lincoln cent variety in existence was minted in 1942 on a steel planchet instead of copper!? . In my opinion to say a steel cent was produced in 1942 ahead of its original copper composition only produced n 1942 is like saying the rare 1943 copper cent wasn't accidentally minted on a 1942 planchet . How can one be accidentally produce but the not the other To me thats putting the wagon before the horse.

Whatt do you think?

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  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You don't understand the die making process.

    The coins were struck in 1943 from a hub or die originally dated 1942, then modified to 1943. These WERE NOT struck on steel planchets in 1942.

    Member of the ANA since 1982
  • lcutlerlcutler Posts: 556 ✭✭✭✭

    Yep, exactly what Oldhoopster said!

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