Anyone ever see a silver Lincoln Cent??

Goldbully

Description from Stacks Auctions:

1943 error 1¢. Struck on silver dime planchet. AU-55 (PCGS).

Highly lustrous with no serious marks and with excellent eye appeal. Possibly more rare than a 1943 "copper" cent though, of course, nowhere near as popular. Bottom of obverse and top of reverse slightly off-center as should be expected from a larger diameter cent on a dime planchet. For Lincoln cent specialists and error collectors alike.








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ricko

I had not heard of this one... and obviously have not seen one. Interesting. Cheers, RickO

EagleEye

I think I used to own that coin (or it was another 1943 cent on a dime in AU) It was back in 1996 or so and no one wanted it at $750! Times have changed.

RichieURich

There are a lot of silver Lincoln cents (15 different dates) in the Bowers & Merena auction in Baltimore this week!

Full disclosure note: I have consigned some coins to the B & M auction.

savoyspecial

there's one on ebay that jon sullivan has had up for a while


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greg

GoldenEyeNumismatics

I'd be willing to bet that most 1943 silver cents have been junk-box finds at one point or another.

7Jaguars

Interesting coin, but if I had submitted it would have been bodybagged for cleaning (I sent in a previously unknown gold pattern with MINIMAL hairlines and got BB'd).

Well, props to a rare bit!

robkool

I've also seen a Jefferson 5 cent piece struck on a silver dime planchet as well...

CaptHenway

1943 silver cents are actually more common than silver cents of the years preceding and following 1943, simply because it was a lot easier to mix up shiny steel cent blanks and shiny silver dime blanks.
TD

Aegis3

<< <i>Description from Stacks Auctions:

1943 error 1¢. Struck on silver dime planchet. AU-55 (PCGS).

Highly lustrous with no serious marks and with excellent eye appeal. Possibly more rare than a 1943 "copper" cent though, of course, nowhere near as popular. Bottom of obverse and top of reverse slightly off-center as should be expected from a larger diameter cent on a dime planchet. For Lincoln cent specialists and error collectors alike. >>



They must be using "possibly" in a "broadly logically possible" kind of way, for the 1943 cent on a dime blank is actually a good deal more common then its bronze equivalent. It's probably the most common wheat cent struck on a dime blank. (The reason should be obvious.) Ironically, it's also one of the more expensive.

ipmman

I think I owned it at some point as well, sold it on eBay for around $500.

In a different millenium.

lloydmincy

This is mine which I think is way better than the 1969 DDO cents. Struck on a CANADA DIME SILVER planchet. Don't ask me how. Double struck mint error. In NGC holder, MS62...

RBinTex

Yes.

direwolf1972

Wow lloydmincy.

Thats pretty