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original $20 1943 steel cent bank BAG

CoinCoinsCoinCoins Posts: 698 ✭✭✭
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check out what walked into the shop yesterday

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pretty cool huh, don't see these every day

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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    How can someone authenticate these? Looks like the kind of thing that could be easily faked.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is my understanding that U S Mint bags were sewen from a long time ago.
    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
    IN 1999 the mint cent bag contained $75.00 face I think I remember that right. I have 2 tucked away that I have not seen for years.
    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭
    I'm not convinced this is the real deal. I have seen 1943 bags before, and they look more like the 1942 one I have. This one is apparently a Denver though, so it might be different.

    -Paul

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  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
    those $20.00 bags can't be very large what are the measurements?
    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭
    They are not very big. I don't have mine in front of me, but I'm going to guess 5-6" x 10-12"

    -Paul
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,763 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have never seen a $20 cent Mint bag in my life.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,313 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>They are not very big. I don't have mine in front of me, but I'm going to guess 5-6" x 10-12" >>


    Sounds about right. I just dumped a Harrah's bucket of cents into a counter at the bank. It was about 6" across, 7" high, not quite full, and there was $19 of cents in it.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • 2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭
    How do you know it was steel cents.
    Maybe they were copper cents.
  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭


    << <i>How do you know it was steel cents.
    Maybe they were copper cents. >>



    There were no copper cents in 43 were there ?
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Where are the coins?
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  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,672 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>How do you know it was steel cents.
    Maybe they were copper cents. >>



    There were no copper cents in 43 were there ? >>


    None known. Cents were either steel or bronze in 1943 with only one known bronze cent bearing the Denver Mint mark. Bag had to be for steel cents, doubt a single bronze coin would get it's own bag.

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