1943 D steel cent (2.9 grams)

Hello, just curious how much a 1943 cent weight range can be? Thank you

 

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2.70 grams

 

The allowed tolerance is +/- 10%

 

spirityoda and rickmp said it all.

 

It could be interesting to purchase a gram scale, then you can spend hours of fun weighing U.S. cents to find out if any of them have significant weight differences. Other Coin Talk members did that, and occasionally find weight errors with some premium value.

 

There were two weight standards for the steel cent. The early ones were 2.689 grams, the ones later in the year were 2.754 grams. The tolerance range was .13 grams +/- not 10% (Unless you view the -.13 grams to +.13 grams as .26 grams which is about 10% of the spec weight.)

 

Thank you, I never knew about 10% exceptions. Hope everyone is a having a great day!!

 

So, if my 1943 steel cent weighs 2.9 grams-that is over the thresh hold for a standard steel cent? I just want to make sure I am understanding this right?

 

The only question should be is it magnetic or not?

 

If the actual reading is 2.90 grams and not 2.9 grams, then yes. But if your scale only has one place after the decimal, it rounds off to that one place. So your scale has a tolerance of +/- 0.05 grams. A 2.9g reading could be from 2.85 to 2.94, but you can't tell with your scale, it is in the software.

You would need to find a more precise scale to weigh. A jeweler would probably have one.

 

Yes, it is magnetic; Im not thinking its a copper 1943 though?

 

Thank you for the clear details-u r right, it does read 2.9 grams. I may have to take it to a jeweler. Thank you

 

OK! i just wanted to know if you knew about the 1943 copper zinc coated cent. Just watching out for you have a great day or night.

 

I thought that I logged on to a serious coin web site, but when I read some of the entries I'm starting to have serious doubts. Who really cares what a steel Cent weighs? or that someone saw the virgin Mary in an Ike.

 

Many here care about the weight of a steel cent.
No one here actually cares about the Virgin Mary on an Ike dollar.
Your attitude leaves much to be desired. If you have no interest in anything here, just go away. We don't need another troll.

 

IF it is 2.9 grams on a precise scale it would be slightly out of spec (and an error) but so close that it is not considered to be a significant error.

It is a serious site. There are also a significant number of novice collectors that come here with questions and an important function of the site is to teach. And who cares what a steel cent weighs? Anyone who takes NUMISMATICS seriously. To me there is much more importance in a question about the weight of a steel cent than in "Do you think this will get a 70?" (How long did it take you to memorize the entire Redbook? By the way it doesn't have weight tolerance information in it, so i assume there must be other books you memorized in a few minutes as well. Sorry for being snarky, but the point is everyone starts out as a beginner and they will ask beginner questions. Those questions ARE serious.)

 

I have a 1943 that looks clad with steel and copper is that even possible, it weighs 2.9 as even my copper coated 1943 is 2.7

 

Hi Sir,
if i have 1962 2.85 GMS.
does that have any worth?

 

i have 1962 Cent
2.85GMS.
does that seems worth full to keep ????

 

Muneer, Low end of the tolerance range is 2.89 grams. Yours is .04 grams below that. If Mint State it is technically out of tolerance and therefore an error, but the amount out of tolerance is so small it would have no premium. If the coin is not MS then the slight difference may just be due to wear.

In either case whether you wish to keep the coin is up to you.

One other bit of advice. If you have a coin you want to ask a question about it is almost always better to start you own thread rather than tack it onto the end of someone elses. Especially when the thread discusses a different coin and more especially not onto the end of a old thread. This thread started three years ago.

Starting your own thread helps to bring it to more peoples attention.