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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 4218880, member: 78298&quot;]It&#039;s not silver. If a 1943 dime planchet was struck as a cent by mistake,</p><p>then it could be silver but it would be dime sized with incomplete rims and</p><p>weigh 2.5.</p><p>Steel pennies are supposed to weigh 2.7 grams. 2.8 is not unusual.</p><p>It could have been plated over.</p><p>Of course I should have read the replies more thoroughly. I completely agree with Cutler in post #4. Your coin has been bronzed or plated with copper to make it look like a copper 1943. Common, damaged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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