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1 Cent lincoln 1943,This is Real?

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  • YUNIQUEYUNIQUE Posts: 56
    edited November 21, 2017 9:23AM

    FredWeinberg# Thank you verymuch for the answer.

  • KellenCoinKellenCoin Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭✭

    Yep, fake.

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,765 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The reverse doesn't look right to me.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 14,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What, that's it?! No defiant push back? That was too easy....

    @YUNIQUE seems to be someone who wants to leverage (and respect) the experts' opinions. It is nice for a change. Keep on posting, because whether or not people want to admit it, many of us learn a thing or two from these sorts of questions.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that looks bad right from the get go. i dont like the reverse either.

  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @YUNIQUE ...
    A simple test that many 1943 "copper" cents fail is a magnetic test. Try it with yours. Place the coin next to a magnet to see if it's attracted. A copper plated steel cent will be attracted and thus indicate it's an altered coin.

    If not attracted to a magnet, it may be a struck (or cast) counterfeit. These are less common, but still are known.

    I can't tell from the image, but if @FredWeinberg says it's not real ... then it's not real.

    Numismatist Ordinaire
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There is no way that piece is good. The strike on a genuine 1943 copper cent should be very sharp. The dies were set to strike steel, not copper, and the impression should be strong with no weaknesses.

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  • JBK# Respect to your comment and the support sir.KellenCoin, johnny9434,astrorat, BillJones# Thank for the comments.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely not authentic.... That being said, it is certainly worth asking.... if it were real... WOWZERS!!... Cheers, RickO

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,400 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hey Zoins.......................you might like this one:

    And this is the "Real Steel"....

    Pete

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,759 ✭✭✭✭
    edited January 13, 2018 5:46PM

    The color alone should make you run.

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like a nice steel coin dipped in copper. You can see the steel coming through the coin at the top of the head on the observe. Nice Penny but not a Copper planchette. Keep looking @YUNIQUE and if your still not sure our host will take a look, just mail it in and the will verify what you have. Happy Hunting.

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  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @YUNIQUE said:

    It is "real," but NOT genuine.

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭



    Here is a steel penny I found the other day.

    Best place to buy !
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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,400 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like the start of a "Spiked Head" coming off the base of the W.

    Pete

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