1 Cent lincoln 1943,This is Real?

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  • YUNIQUE
    YUNIQUE Posts: 56 ✭
    edited November 21, 2017 9:23AM
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    FredWeinberg# Thank you verymuch for the answer.

  • KellenCoin
    KellenCoin Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yep, fake.

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  • Jimnight
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    The reverse doesn't look right to me.

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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.

  • johnny9434
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    that looks bad right from the get go. i dont like the reverse either.

  • astrorat
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    @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.

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  • BillJones
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    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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  • YUNIQUE
    YUNIQUE Posts: 56 ✭
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    JBK# Respect to your comment and the support sir.KellenCoin, johnny9434,astrorat, BillJones# Thank for the comments.

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

  • YUNIQUE
    YUNIQUE Posts: 56 ✭
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  • BuffaloIronTail
    BuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,767 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hey Zoins.......................you might like this one:

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

    Pete

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  • Shamika
    Shamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    edited January 13, 2018 5:46PM
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    The color alone should make you run.

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  • Kkathyl
    Kkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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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  • KollectorKing
    KollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @YUNIQUE said:

    It is "real," but NOT genuine.

  • Kkathyl
    Kkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here is a steel penny I found the other day.

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

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon

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