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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 917778, member: 21705&quot;]<b>Possibility vs Probability</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The wonderful and painful differences are profound. It is certainly POSSIBLE that you can find something that millions have looked for and never found. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is PROBABLE that you actually have one of the thousands of fakes produced since the first time a copper 1943 was included in a red book and the unscrupulous community saw an opportunity to get the money from the naive. </p><p><br /></p><p>You have already eliminated one type of common fake with magnetic testing. This was the simplest fake to make because all you had to do was&nbsp; electroplate a Zinc 1943. Another way is to alter the date (usually a 1948) and now you have a fake with the proper weight&nbsp; and non-magnetic. As&nbsp; coin pros became proficient at identifying fakes, the scum of the earth kept making ever more sophisticated fakes in response. Molds and presses were used to keep getting the edge and it always worked... for a while. Then the method of identification would follow and the cycle starts again. The latest is use of sophisticated lathes to make nearly undetectable duplicates of the dies and press modern replicas by the Chinese.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just be aware that people in the business have been dealing with this particular scam for over half a century now and skepticism is the initial reaction to another of the long series of discoveries of another 1943 copper cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest you assume that it&#039;s a fake with the caveat that you want to KNOW that it&#039;s a fake before dismissing it. This way you won&#039;t get too excited prematurely because of the POSSIBILITY or too dissappointed if PROBABILITY RULES.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure everyone on here (well, most anyway) hope you have found a real, honest to God, 1943 Copper Cent from the US Mint. But it&#039;s right next to finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in probability.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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