Was just reading about the 1943 auctioned in 2013 and the reverse is worn in the exact same places. It was on page 5 of the of posts. Going to have to take better pics of this thing.
Bidder you coin looks to be worth a cent, its too worn and harsh cleaning to determine the year for starters. but wait for other opinions.
I agree with the above sentiments. It is a worn Lincoln cent. It is not a 1943 copper cent, if that is what you are thinking. Also the 1943 cent in your link was a Philadelphia minted coin. You have a San Francisco coin here. Wear can happen similarly on many coins and if you were thinking that it was just a weak strike, again the specimen you are referring to is a Philadelphia minted coin, yours is San Francisco.
Not thinking I was asking if anyone has heard for one thing. Second the obverse also shows strike from reverse along rim where last number is located as well as in motto. Pics also show Liberty strike is at 10° angle. Third mintmarks were not on dies at that time and where struck after by workers so coin could have been minted in Philadelphia and shipped to San Fransisco for the mint mark. Why I was comparing the similarities on reverse.
You really need to check your facts. Until about 1990 the mint mark was hand punched into the working dies at the branch mint that would be striking the coins. The coins were not struck in Philadelphia and then shipped to branch mints. The working dies were produced in Philadelphia and shipped to the branch mints.
Coin was not minted in Philadelphia, that's where they hand punched the MM into the die. Or what Lawtoad just said.
I have noticed weak strikes on LWC are noticible on the reverse on the O in ONE; they generally look like the top has been "blown off" kind of like this one. But these happen on a lot of the BU cents from the 40s I believe. Just opposite this area is Lincoln's shoulder so it takes a lot off metal to move in this area. I am probably wrong and someone will comw along and correct me. Just my observation on an admittedly small sample size. My latest 44 S has a pretty strong strike, but has a couple of distracting spots....
Your initial question was "Has anyone heard of a 1944S weak strike Lincoln penny?" first we have all seen weak strikes , its really a dumb question I guess is the way to put it, but then you go on about thinking yours may be a 1943 copper. ofcourse we have heard of it, I mean we collect coins. then your suggesting people here don't know how coins are produced (like workers stamp the mintmark onto each coin).. Ok, everyone trying to help you, not trying to be rude, if you had a coin worth spending time on we would love to help more. Not trying to hurt your pride, Lets be real, you don't have a weak strike, your coin is too worn out, cleaned, at max worth 2 cents, if you can find someone who wants it. if you want to learn don't act like that.
What a good laugh. I needed that! It would of taken mint employees about a hundred Years to stamp mint marks onto those cents
