I think I would rather have a counterstamped piece.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."
No. Someone "tested" the coin to make sure it wasn't a copper plated steel cent. PCGS should slab all problem coins like they did this coin but they should list the problem on label. A coin like a 1796 half dollar should be slabbed even if it was holed and repaired.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I started a thread about this in September when it was up for auction.
According to that auction, it was a paperboy who gouged it up:
from the September auction:
<< <i><< The history of this particular 1943 copper cent has an interesting twist to it. At one point, it's ownership fell to a young paperboy (age not given). For some reason, possibly to test that it was really copper and not copper-plated-steel, he put a cut onto the face of Lincoln and also tested the field with a few scrapes. This was in an era when full page advertisements pro claiming the rarity of the 1943 copper cents were splashed across the nation's press and on the inside back covers of popular magazines and comic books, so any savvy youngster would naturally be on the lookout for such a score. Our consignor bought the coin at the Dearborn Michigan Coin Show around twenty years ago for $19,000. It has been with his family ever since. The coin also comes with a notebook full of articles about 1943 copper cents. >> >>
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No. Someone "tested" the coin to make sure it wasn't a copper plated steel cent. PCGS should slab all problem coins like they did this coin but they should list the problem on label. A coin like a 1796 half dollar should be slabbed even if it was holed and repaired.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
For cryin' out loud! Some people!!
Geeez.
-Paul
Link to auction.
-Paul
According to that auction, it was a paperboy who gouged it up:
from the September auction:
<< <i><< The history of this particular 1943 copper cent has an interesting twist to it. At one point, it's ownership fell to a young paperboy (age not given). For some reason, possibly to test that it was really copper and not copper-plated-steel, he put a cut onto the face of Lincoln and also tested the field with a few scrapes. This was in an era when full page advertisements pro claiming the rarity of the 1943 copper cents were splashed across the nation's press and on the inside back covers of popular magazines and comic books, so any savvy youngster would naturally be on the lookout for such a score. Our consignor bought the coin at the Dearborn Michigan Coin Show around twenty years ago for $19,000. It has been with his family ever since. The coin also comes with a notebook full of articles about 1943 copper cents. >> >>
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Lincoln set Colorless Set
<< <i>Looks like the seller is trying to double his money.....
Link to auction.
-Paul >>
No wonder he refused my 10G offer!
Keith