2.1 weight, bronze, Lincoln Cent, wheat reverse, soft strike,with a suspicious date. Need opinion's
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A bronze alloy planchet, weighing approximately 2.3 grams, is considered a significant numismatic rarity. This coin represents an accidental minting error.
Damm. Dried grease makes getting better photos "almost" impossible. Almost.
If you don't think this thread will help ? Your not the only one. But the show must go on.
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The first two photo's are the coin in question. If you don't think this thread will help ? Your not the only one.
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My opinion?
A badly corroded 1943 steel cent.
Above photo description below.
1 Hide a key magnet.
1 nail standing straight up.
1 badly corroded 1943 steel cent.
1. coin in question, which should have been pull on to the magnet, if magnetic.
With appox. 1/16 of an inch separation between magnet and coin in question,
there's no magnetic reaction. (Left)
This looks like an attempt to build some type of radio to contact "space men".
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In the 1960s, many thousands of 1943 steel cents were commercially copper plated, altering them and eliminating their collector value. The plating did not affect the magnetic properties of the steel core, so these alterations can be readily detected with a magnet, which will attract them
(a magnet will not attract ...
the brass cents).
Far ahead of the 1955 doubled die cent in rarity, the 1943 copper cent is one of the notable rarities of the Lincoln cent series. An estimated 40 examples are believed to have been struck, with 13 confirmed to exist. Some of these brass planchets were still lying around at all three Mint facilities, were accidentally struck during 1943 steel cent production and escaped into circulation.
The error occurred when copper planchets were left in the press hopper and press machines during the changeover from copper to steel blanks. Examples were discovered after the War, with the first two in 1947,[5] and another in 1958.
One. mint condition. Denver Mint specimen. sold for over $1.7 million in 2010.
Numismatist Walter Breen estimated that at least 40, 1943 brass cents were struck at Philadelphia, with 24 known from Denver and six from San Francisco. Later information from numismatic researcher David Lange states that there are 12 known from Philadelphia, one from Denver and four from San Francisco, with three more possible.
Wishful thinking frequently enters the picture when a supposed rare coin is involved. Any coin that is worn or damaged to the point where imagination is needed to read the date is far below the grade that any reputable expert would accept for authentication. Such authentication is a MUST, as there are too many fakes around.
Indeed, the 1943 bronze penny worth is immense. Due to its rarity – it may sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auctions, and occasionally even more than $1 million.! The condition of the coin, the mint where it was made, and the authenticity of its composition are some of the factors that affect its worth.
All in all, this, to me, is overly impressive.
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