1943 copper penny, how do i clean??!!

Ive got this copper 1943 wheaty (ive used magnet test) that i found in my dad's old coin collection, i saw on youtube that you can make a penny realy shiny with use of vinegar, anyother techniques i can use? maybe a stronger acid?

 

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you have a steel penny, with zinc coat, will ruin coins value if cleaned.

 

i already posted that i used a magnet to test if it is steel. It doesn't stick. Plus you can clearly see that it is copper.

 

That date looks mighty strange! No way it is a 1943 copper cent....

 

You have an altered date cent. Find a photograph of a regular 1943 steel cent and you will find that there is much less space between the 4 and the 3 and that the "3" of a real '43 cent has a much different tail on it. I suspect it use to be a 1948 that was altered for fun or profit.

Jim

 

Sorry I really didn't answer your question. If it was a real 43 copper cent, you would not try anything on the coin. Trying to clean it would remove tremendous value. Any acid product or physical scrub would be a unwise thing to do.

Jim

 

please wiegh the coin and let us know, thanks

 

heres some pics

 

it weighs 3.1 grams

 

it looks like a 3 not an 8, its rare, looked it up and its worth a lot! How could it be fake? its copper, and its date is 1943.

 

The date has obviously been altered! That's why it's a FAKE.

 

Look at the tail of this "3" and also how close the "3" is to the "4". Yours has neither of these features.



They take a non-magnetic 1948 copper cent and using engraving tools, change the "8" into a "3", but since the "8" occupied more space, there is a larger gap between the numbers when they finish. It is the same that 1944 D cents are made into 1914 D cents.

Yes I am well aware of the rarity and the price, that is why people do this. If your dad had thought it real , he would have had it authenticated.

There are many altered ones out there.

Jim

 

People alter coins all the time. Notice how far away the 3 is from the 4, now using your imagination, place an 8 on top of the 3. The 8 would be in proportion with a normal 1948. Have you read any of the topics on the 1914-D's that used to be 1944-D's? There are all kinds of scam artists out there...

 

Did you actually read any of the posts? It LOOKS like a 3 because someone CHANGED a 1948 to LOOK LIKE a 1943. Notice how far apart the 4 and 3 are. People alter coins to look like rarer coins all the time.

Joe

 

Sometimes you just don't want to accept the truth...

 

Everything except

Yep~

What this says except the part about Dad having it submitted somewhere.
Still a nice find. Set it aside and charish it as a magneto. It will not loose value for what it is.

 

I am not sure just what you have there, but one thing I can tell you is that it is not a 1943 Lincoln cent. Someone has done something to alter the date.

Also, if you ever do get a valuable coin, the first thing you should do is promise yourself that you will never clean it.

 

In a word dont clean it!!

 

I surely can understand not wanting to accept that the 43 copper penny you were so excited about might be an altered date, I mean you start looking at what the last one sold for and start paying off mortgages and loans in your mind, maybe taking a little trip to decompress from all the stress, and then some people rain all over your parade by telling you something you do not want to hear. I know, my dad left me a copy of a janus cent, tho I sort of wish he had written copy on the 2x2 just so I would not let hope and aspirations rear its ugly head.

 

There is no doubt that the coin is an altered cent. The 3 on a 1943 cent is very particular in its appearance. The coin seen here was a 1948 cent at one time.

Thanks,
Bill