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1943 steel cent--walkthrough?

logger7logger7 Posts: 9,098 ✭✭✭✭✭

I'm not sure if I'm missing something here, it got graded and true-viewed in a couple days: http://www.pcgs.com/cert/84086202

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,950 ✭✭✭✭✭

    re-processed to boot! Must have paid for express or such service.

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  • aclocoacloco Posts: 952 ✭✭✭

    Are you questioning the grade? or????

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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,894 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 21, 2017 10:12AM

    Oh my. I can't imagine why anyone would pay a premium for quick grading and a TV on a damaged steel cent. There must be some other explanation.
    Lance.

  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lkeigwin said:
    Oh my. I can't imagine why anyone would pay a premium for quick grading and a TV on a damaged steel cent. There must be some other explanation.
    Lance.

    He's color blind and thought it was copper?

  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thought it was an experimental alloy?

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    To answer the 4th question directly above:

    Because it was struck on a copper cent planchet.

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  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,145 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hmmm.....looks re-plated to me hence the damaged grade?

    K

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  • basetsbbasetsb Posts: 508 ✭✭✭✭

    I'm not sure why anyone would send a reprocessed steel cent in for grading.

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Strange :confused:

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The owner likely thought it was a "proof."

    One might conclude that the owner is - what's the expression?--- "under water" in this one!

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 22, 2017 9:37AM

    That's a CoinFacts image, not a TrueView, so PCGS made the decision and covered the costs of the imaging. Wonder why PCGS imaged this one.

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,098 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinsAndMoreCoins said:
    How does one ascertain the submission date and grading date from the link provided?

    Is this penny really MS68?

    Isn't it also a DDO and one that is reasonably common?

    How did an AU58 1943 fetch over $200K?

    It was graded in two days: https://www.pcgs.com/Membership/sharedorder.aspx?OrderNo=21218134&Year=2017&Month=4

  • TequilaDaveTequilaDave Posts: 271 ✭✭✭

    @CoinsAndMoreCoins said:

    @Zoins said:
    That's a CoinFacts image, not a TrueView, so PCGS made the decision and covered the costs of the imaging. Wonder why PCGS imaged this one.

    Under the image of the coin is actually does lead one to believe it is MS68. Very bizarre indeed.

    Where are you seeing MS68? The coin I see when I hit the link is an XF details coin. Am I missing something?

  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can't believe someone had that graded!
    I am not complaining because I own pcgs stock and that adds to the profit!

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  • TequilaDaveTequilaDave Posts: 271 ✭✭✭

    @CoinsAndMoreCoins said:
    Yes, click link in OP.

    Click link to view this coin in True View.

    MS68 under coin having ugly black stained reverse.

    Or maybe I'm crazy!

    I don't get that when I click on it. I get sent to the PCGS Coin facts page. Is that the MS68 you're referring? Because the coin I see in Coin Facts is gorgeous.

  • TequilaDaveTequilaDave Posts: 271 ✭✭✭

    @CoinsAndMoreCoins said:
    Yes, click link in OP.

    Click link to view this coin in True View.

    MS68 under coin having ugly black stained reverse.

    Or maybe I'm crazy!

    Ahhh, I see. That's not a stain rather it's something that many of these steel cents have, it's like a very shiny area but not really resembling polish. Must have something to do with the way they were minted because I've some pristine versions straight from original bank rolls with that same markings

  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,698 ✭✭✭✭✭

    maybe someone saw it as prooflike

  • TequilaDaveTequilaDave Posts: 271 ✭✭✭

    @CoinsAndMoreCoins said:
    MS 68?

    XF Details perhaps but not MS68.

    I have nicer that shown in junk tubes.

    Again, what coin are you referring to? The one the OP posted or the coin on Coin Facts?

  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,054 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm seeing two distinctly different coins.

  • TequilaDaveTequilaDave Posts: 271 ✭✭✭

    @CoinsAndMoreCoins said:
    Link in OP.

    Click link to view this coin in True View.

    MS68 under coin having ugly black stained reverse.

    It's NOT a stain, it's an artifact of the minting process and is only found in the fields and not the devices, hence little to no effect on the grade. And that coin is perhaps the finest example of a 43 that exists. They don't get any better than that.

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