not even sure how to begin to question this penny the mint is in the most awkward spot look for your self
Not sure what you are trying to show. The mint mark is non-existent on your coin, making it a Philadelphia minted cent. Certainly would help if you properly oriented your photos AND said what/where you were looking at.
can’t get a clear picture but above liberty there is a sideways p the hump of the p is pointing towards liberty
It’s not pareidolia I am not imagining a p let me get a clear picture promise it’s not damaged being bought from a coin shop
1943 cents we're made of steel, not zinc. That spot in the left field is a rust spot starting to form. This is common for these type of Cents. Steel does rust. Actually, it's not in bad looking shape for its age. Your cent was made in Philadelphia so there is no mint mark.
So, you bought it from a coin shop. Well, that changes everything! I'll have to take my Ferrari there for a tune-up. Chris
I see exactly what you see. It does look like a P, it really does! But it's a result of tarnish and rust, common with these wartime steel cents. If a mint worker was so careless, they would have been fired before they had the chance to stamp mintmarks. Your coin has no mintmark, meaning it is from Philadelphia.
Shucks! That's too bad because I really need my Ferrari to be running in A-1 condition for the lawn service people. Hey, I wonder if that coin shop aerates lawns! My front yard is two acres. Chris
The mint mark was hand punched into the die. If your coin has a D in that area, then every coin struck by that same die would have that same mint mark placement.(Hundreds of thousands of coins.) There is no such die, or coins that have that.
