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<p>[QUOTE="justafarmer, post: 2986482, member: 3926"]My odds of finding a Bronze 1943 or 1944 Steel are about equal to winning the lottery. My odds of finding an example struck on a proper planchet is about the same as finding any other other variety cent struck (RPM/Doubled Die) during the era. Granted the searching process will be more difficult due to the fact when searching for variety coins- properly struck coins can be easily and quickly eliminated from your search. The opposite holds true when searching for one these coins. Although when searching for the 1944-S all ball serif mint marked coins can be quickly eliminated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't created any grids of the mint mark positions yet which might allow me to quickly eliminate a significant number of other coins from my search.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if I were to find one - if a TPG would certify it? And if so what do you think its value would be? Any premium?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="justafarmer, post: 2986482, member: 3926"]My odds of finding a Bronze 1943 or 1944 Steel are about equal to winning the lottery. My odds of finding an example struck on a proper planchet is about the same as finding any other other variety cent struck (RPM/Doubled Die) during the era. Granted the searching process will be more difficult due to the fact when searching for variety coins- properly struck coins can be easily and quickly eliminated from your search. The opposite holds true when searching for one these coins. Although when searching for the 1944-S all ball serif mint marked coins can be quickly eliminated. I haven't created any grids of the mint mark positions yet which might allow me to quickly eliminate a significant number of other coins from my search. I wonder if I were to find one - if a TPG would certify it? And if so what do you think its value would be? Any premium?[/QUOTE]
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