US 1943 penny, struck on silver 10c planchet

Saw this little gem in hand today... was tempted to make an offer...

Apologies about the photo quality, I snapped a quick pic with my iPhone.

 

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I never knew this coin was out there. really cool.

 

Now that is one really cool error. Are there any population numbers for these?

 

Would you mind telling us what the asking price was? Definitely cool!

 

WOW. I never knew those existed!

 

I believe there are probably more cents on silver dimes in 1943 than any other year. The weights were much closer that year and they couldn't be spotted by quality control by color.

 

very cool. how much $$$ ???

 

I find questions like this mildly annoying...

Something you should consider when looking at the upper echelon of errors. There is no "price" for errors like this - as a collector, you make an offer as to what you think market value is, or how bad you want it. Likewise, as a seller, you consider any offer based on a whole pile factors, coolness (wow factor) and demand being the main considerations, and uniqueness not being one of them, because almost every error is unique.

I never said the coin was for sale; I said I was tempted to make an offer... the number in my head, well, that is none of your business. If I do buy it, I respect the seller enough not to disclose that information... it is on a need-to-know basis, and you (i.e., the online anonymous world) simply don't need-to-know...

 

I find your answer annoying. I had not known what the value is for this cool error coin. geez you are to sensitive. and you "NEED" to know this.

 

and I never asked if it was for sale either.

 

and I never asked if it was for sale either.

 

So, the edge would not be reeded on these, as the collar does the reeding and the dime planchet was struck in a cent collar, correct?

 

2.7g (cent) vs. 2.5g (silver dime) is very close. I wonder what set it apart? The ring of silver in a pile of steel cents might be hard to pick out.

 

Could this be a counterfit from China?

 

@SPP Ottawa was the owner also the person who found it? It would be nice to pick his brain on how he picked it out from the rest; how it made itself evident to him.

 

and also... it was a ligitimate question of to it's value. if you do NOT want people to comment on or question the coin you are posting. don't post here. oh and congratulations ...you are the first person to go on my ignore list.

 

Nope. This guy is a collector of eclectic silver oddities of world coins, including some mind-blowing errors and some fantastic 17 century world coins. I think he bought the coin raw and sent it in to PCGS himself though, I have no idea where he found it - I could ask him about the coin's provenance... if he'll tell me...

I seriously doubt any of his collection is for sale, which is probably the main reason why I never made him an offer on this piece. I was thrilled just to have a peek at his collection. I thought it was cool as heck, especially since it had seen some circulation.

 

...and how on earth am I supposed to know its value?? The coin is not for sale and I just don't bluntly ask other collectors what they paid for their coins, when they are nice enough to invite me into their place, open the safe and sit down to share their personal collection with me...

If you really must know the answers to such questions, then learn how to use the Google search engine. In two minutes, here is what I found in the Heritage auction archives:

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1191&lotNo=4947 sold for $14,100.00

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1189&lotNo=6691 sold for $3,818.75

Most recent one:

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1189&lotNo=6072 sold for $5,581.25

 

I would be interested to know if he picked it out of a group of steel cents he bought, or if he bought it raw and attributed. Maybe provenance will include how it was spotted out if the group, if he will tell you. Please let us know an update when you get to talk to him about it. Thanks @SPP Ottawa !

 

Roger, its odd that you posted this. I just got an email Last Sat., from a guy who thinks that he may have one and wants to send it to me for verification.