OK, if it weighs 3.11 then it is a copper cent.
Maybe 25 cents or so retail. You probably wouldn't get much more than face value if you tried to sell though.
Would also like to see the package they came in. You state you cut them out, mint sets are in the cello type packaging you cut, proofs are in...
Damaged 5, nothing more.
If the coin was just squeezed or pressed into another coin or object it wouldn't necessarily break through the copper plating. Isn't the coin...
Yep, environmental damage, maybe even some acid damage.
Corrosion reduced the size and weight of the coin, nothing special.
Just corroded and beat up.
It just looks like it took a hit to me, the top of the T looks like it has been hit as well. The plating probably hid the scrape making it blend in.
I'd rather spend the money on coins instead of a silly watch!
Best to be sure where your information comes from. Whoever wrote that up really had no clue what they were talking about. Coins are not printed,...
What mint employee, if he wanted to make a fake overdate, would use a valuable coin like a 1943 copper?
Yes, I think that is proof all right, proof that you are wrong.
I went to the Wyoming Valley coin club show in Pittston PA. yesterday. A good amount of dealers, and pretty crowded. It is on again today if...
Do a search on here and you will find just about any imaginable year has been plated, some numerous times.
I don't understand your question either. I don't know what the mark is either but it appears to be on all of these coins. Could be a mint mark...
Let's see it!
Maybe send Skyland a link to this post.
Not a chance.
Those coins need an acetone bath as soon as possible!
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