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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 169294, member: 1674&quot;]First of all welcome!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This statement proves the coin is not a genuine 1943 copper cent.&nbsp; The amount of wear on your coin would not cause it&#039;s weight to be so light.&nbsp; A weight of 2.55 grams definatively proves the coin to be a forgery.&nbsp; I&#039;m sorry to be the bearer of such unfortunate news.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is how most people feel if they don&#039;t understand (or routinely participate in) the&nbsp; professional third partied grading process.&nbsp; It is a natural, but mistaken feeling.&nbsp; The reality is that the TPG&#039;s handle much more valuable coins than yours would have been (had it been a real 43 copper cent) on a regular basis.&nbsp; They just don&#039;t lose coins, and in the exceptionally rare instance where they do they pay the real world replacement cost of the coins.&nbsp; Additionally, registered mail is extremely safe.&nbsp; It is the best way to transport very valuable things (IIRC, the Hope diamond has been shipped through registered mail; also, I have been told that the US govt. ships gold bars via registered mail when they need to be transported).&nbsp; It is a safe process and insurance is available throughout the process.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it is unecessary in this case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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