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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 841387, member: 15199&quot;]Look at the tail of this &quot;3&quot; and also how close the &quot;3&quot; is to the &quot;4&quot;.&nbsp; Yours has neither of these features.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2sGNwonrAkPdqM:http://coinquestions.com/wp-content/CoinMedia/1943-plated-cent.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They take a non-magnetic 1948 copper cent and using engraving tools, change the &quot;8&quot; into a &quot;3&quot;, but since the &quot;8&quot; occupied more space, there is a larger gap between the numbers when they finish.&nbsp; It is the same that 1944 D cents are made into 1914 D cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes I am well aware of the rarity and the price, that is why people do this. If your dad had thought it real , he would have had it authenticated. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many altered ones out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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