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1943 s/s 1C steel ?!?

I was looking through my grandfather‘s collection and steel pennies, and I ran across this San Francisco mint 1943-s and the “S” looked different so I zoomed in and this is what I got …

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 13, 2024 8:05PM

    It looks like RPM-2, however, it is also possible that what you see is an artifact of the reprocessing/plating done to the coin. RPM-2 is not a valuable variety and with the coin plated it still would not have any added collector value.

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  • JWPJWP Posts: 22,300 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice cent, I real like these steel cents. Just a suggestion, if you have a question about a topic/coin there is a forum (Q & A Forum) where you may get more views and thoughts about your topic. I like using this forum if I have a coin that i can't figure out. Good luck and welcome aboard. :)

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