1943 "copper" "bronze" "shell caseing" one cent...

Well, I'm danged glad someone's on the ball.......too often my satire flies over the head of so many.

 

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Of all that then send it in for authentication and that is when you will know. If it comes back real and Congrats .

 

One of these counterfeits just sold on ebay a few days ago. The weak I in LIBERTY is one pick up point.http://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-copper...NghjcfFjX+RU=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&rmvSB=true

edit to add - the weak PL in PLURIBUS is also a marker.

 

Here is a link to a thread on CCF about it with detailed images of the counterfeit coin as listed on the Chinese web site.http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=277526

 

I really hope those were fake bids. Why on earth would someone bid on a raw one of those online especially from a random seller with 7 feedback

 

Yeah, I would like to believe so but there no way of knowing at least at the moment. It would have been taken down but it was missed initially.

 

correct the 3 is not altered or added, I had a jeweler and engraver look at it close up.

If I'm not mistaken most articles I have read describe a real 43 as having sharp allmost square edges......hmmmmm

 

True it seems I may know more than anyone that has commented so far on the subject. Honestly I have heard horror stories of misgradeing and write offs, I want to make sure the right person looks at it. Wich I guess honestly I was hopeing for on this site as many have stated all they need is pictures. Yes I hear all of you though, get it certified. Then I will know.

 

Wow, the internet is a confusing place!!!!........ All of my research through PCGS and NGC shows mostly all the authentic coins having a weak "I" and "B" somewhat...
also a weak PL.....

Let's compare notes and edducate each other I guess. What this forum is for right?!

 

No one that has seen the coin personally has said anything wrong with the "look" or"feel" of the coin..... the only actual negative thing said so far has been a thinner point in the coin at Mr. Lincoln's bottom left shoulder, this was the jewelers comment. Upon inspection of other cents I found that to be very common, especially at that point of the coin...... A "stamped" look as stated by others...Don't all pennies start out as round balls stamped or pressed into a die?? And why do all my old cents in good condition have this look? Good quality? I would like to think so...

 

Sorry if I just Hijacked my own thread Haha. Cheers, keep the skeptism and learning session going......

 

There have been comments about the surfaces looking cast. Real Lincoln cents are die struck, not cast. You can tell by the raised lumps that occur from the casting process. I think I see some of them in your photos, but I can't be 100% sure, because they're not sharp enough.

 

@dtluper A "stamped" look as stated by others...Don't all pennies start out as round balls stamped or pressed into a die??


After This kind of statement, If I were you I would stop arguing and just send the Cent into ANACS. By the way, there is plenty of info on the web about the Minting process. As of right now I think it is fake. Though, please update us if it makes it into a slab.

If you are gonna argue, At least know what you are talking about.

 

Every Tom, Dick and Yorrick comes in here with a copper 1943.
No one has one, and no one is getting one anytime soon.
There is always the possibility that a new one will be discovered.
But with the millions of fakes out there, that is a more likely scenario.

 

Yes, it is one of those coins that is always fake until proven real

 

@dtluper : at no point in the minting process is a US coin ever a round ball. If you had studied the minting process, you would know this, and you might be able to tell whether your coin was a fake or not by looking at the surfaces.