A copper 1943 wheat cent real or fake?

Weighs out like a copper cent and magnet dont stick to it.

 

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That is an odd looking "3"

 

Send to expert...It hard to tell..but it look real to me..

 

Look at the "IN" you have a die crash just like the Real..but I am not expert..you better send to them if you have doubt about it..

 

My bet is on fake. Not just because it is rare but because ali baba and the four Chinese have been making replicas for years. The surfaces look pitted and the relief isn't even close to what it should be. I am sure the OBV. die marker could be researched to a different die pairing.

 

The coin, to me, looks cast not struck.

Id be worried about those lines on the rim at 10 o'clock on the obverse. Are there any authentic examples with those lines??

 

This was found on in a storage unit. That's been not been in it for a decade or two. Had other coins.

 

It's not my coin. It's someone I buy coins from that buys storage units. He has no knowledge of coins. He's going to take it to a show next weekend

 

100% fake. Rim is dead give away.

 

What you mean the rim is a dead give away.

 

Way too thin. Not uniform. Details are fuzzy yet rim is sharp. Yea...it is a fake. 100% Guaranteed. No need to "send it in." Many fakes weigh the right amount.

 

Idk if you ever been through 50000 wheats, but the wear looks normal to me.

 

It would if you didn't know what you were talking about. Look bro. The thing is fake. I'm not answering any more questions regardless of what you ask. I have told you what it is, and I am 100% correct. Other experts in this forum will agree with me after they see it. You can argue with us all you want but you're not going to convince any of us that we don't see what you do.

 

Of the known examples, none of the rims are that thin

 

I'm not aguring. You dont have to be rude. I guess we will find out when he goes to a coin show next weekend.

 

I dont care if it is real or not. I gain nothing from it.

 

One could argue that one stands to gain a lot if it is real.....

 

Yes if I was the owner.

 

I stand corrected, but agree with the general consensus.

 

@andrew2004gto
Can we see a picture of the edge please.