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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 7300044, member: 105098&quot;]An original steel cent was punched out of zinc coated steel strips (galvanized), they were not punched out and then plated. the edges are bare steel around the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Reprocessed steel cents have been recoated after they were punched out meaning the edge also has zinc (or chrome or tin in some cases of reprocessed cents) </p><p><br /></p><p>you&#039;d want to inspect the edge of the coin with a magnifier, it should be fairly apparent if it&#039;s been bare steel from 1943 or it&#039;s been reprocessed and it&#039;s clean, or reprocessed and edge damage and nicks have exposed some steel. </p><p><br /></p><p>you should also try to get used to how a struck coin looks as far as luster vs. a plated coin. there is a clear difference between the two with how light moves around the coin but that&#039;s a little more advanced than just checking the edge for bare steel or even signs of rust, or just as shiny as the obverse and reverse in the case of the reprocessed cent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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