Penny value?

I was hoping to get some insight on a penny I came across in my collection. It's a 1943 no mint wheat penny, virtually flawless and proof like. It is a steel cent I believe.

 

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pics please.

 

Well, you asked for pictures ........

 

Looks like it has been replated. What does the reverse look like?

 

Looks whizzed (cleaned) then plated

 

In person it really doesn't show any signs of being clean. It came in a bag of pre-1950 pennies with authentication

 

Didn't happen to come from Ebay did it? Ebay sellers just love their COA's

 

No, they were from my grandmother who got them from a friend. I figured it wasn't worth anything but still an odd piece to see

 

The surface shows heavy signs of being rubbed, anyhow its a coin I would find for around 15 cents at my local coin shop.

 

looks replated. keep it anyways.

 

You are jut sooo easy to get along with. Don't forget, the telemarketers also love their COA's. Even MCM makes them for their foreign bullion. And lordy so does mail order companies like American Mint and Govmint, Bradford Exchange...etc., ad nauseum.

 

15 cents for a reprocessed steel cent? Ouch....

 

Plus can't also forget about the hand crafted wooden display boxes!

 

And most likely made in China by child labor for 50 cents a day but adds $50.00 to the price.

 

Well maybe not, I dunno. I never have seen a "reprocessed" steel cent at a coin shop. I just gave a price for an average steel cent thrown in a small box.

 

And Littleton Coin sells a set for $5.00, triple ouch.

 

Have you ever looked closely at the crap that gets reprocessed? Let's just say that pre-plating preparation isn't a great concern.