EXTREMELY RARE!! 1943 S STEEL PENNY W/ MULTIPLE ERRORS

I have done many tests on this coin to make sure it was real from weight to magnetism. The penny passed my tests. It has been sealed in a glass case for many years. It is starting to corrode but only slightly.

2.7g was the weight.

Now, this penny is almost the best condition possible and is completely riddled with errors. Mostly doubling

I'm seeing

Triple edging error

Double date error
Double mint error
Lettering error in TRUST ( The last T )
REVERSE doubling error
Double outline error on wheat strands

REVERSE Lamination error

 

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It looks to me like it's been reprocessed. There is plating on the edge. Reprocessing is damage. It's worth one cent no matter what else you see.

 

The extremely rare 43 cent you would be looking for is copper.
Because of the war cents were made of zinc and steel, and many of them corrode just like the post 82 cents we have now. Many of these were reprocessed like Rick said. Most or all of what you see is from the plating process.

 

Your coin was reprocessed and has issues from the re-plating. Not any errors beyond someone replating it and completely ruining it. Sorry.

 

Replated. Worthless sorry. I have a couple of these.

 

WORTHLESS. Reprocessed.

 

I agree with the other comments.

 

Reprocessed. I was gifted 27 of these from my brother in 2013, who inherited them and the rest of my Mom's collection at her passing in 2007. I, too, scrutinized them and found plating errors on all of them from all 3 mints.

At the time, neither my Mom, my brother and, eventually, myself realized they had been ruined.

Spark

 

Well we all have heard of "son of Sam" here we have "Son of Ed." "Ed Woods" that is....does your daddy run a grading company in Aruba ? Does it provide a rest room for customers and staff?

If Ed isn't your daddy ...can you provide proof you're not a parrot?
You know rather large, colorful bird that constantly repeats everything it hears?

 

Ok @Paddy54, you wan't to go, I will go.
You can say the same for @wxcoin and @Spark1951

 

Oh, also, I will not here your'e feedback. I ignored you.

 

I'm so glad that the subject of "reprocessed" came up. In my Lincoln folder, I have what MUST be a reprocessed '43 cent - it 'jumps' off the page, so I leave it in until a 'genuine' '43 replaces it. However, I'm not actually sure if mine is reprocessed or not. How can I tell? Also, if the reprocessing process produces a very 'real-looking' '43 cent, so what? Or, is my 'newbie' mind over-processing this question?

 

Original '43 pennies had no zinc plating on their edge.
After the stock was zinc plated, the blanks were punched.

 

That's a really interesting nugget of information. I will be checking ALL my '43 cents tonight.

 

You can pick up some nice original 43's at any coin store. They all have a box of
them. Cherry pick out some nice ones.

 

"I will not here you're feedback " well "here" is a place....and hear is the ability to understand an audible sound.

Just wanted to point that out....as most grammar school students do comprehend the difference......between the two! You're a H.S. grad? Correct?

 

Just so I completely understand, if I see a '43 cent that appears to be in PROOF condition, there better be some corrosion on the edge/outer rim to prove that it is genuine, and NOT 'CLEANED' ... is that correct?

 

and "you're" is you are...

 

The edge of my coin seems to be the only thing that seems to have corroded making it dark grey with black spottings. Does that mean anything? Thank you for responding back to me with honest opinions.

 

That is where the probably rusty original coin is peeking through the replated stuff.