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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benveniste, post: 1613165, member: 25547&quot;]When they made the 1943 cents, they didn&#039;t pay a whole lot of attention to quality.&nbsp; The steel was of indifferent quality, and the zinc coating was applied to the strips fed into the coin presses rather than after minting.&nbsp; As a result, the rims of the coin would start to rust with the slightest provocation, and the faces would often soon follow.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is possible to dip away small amounts of surface rust.&nbsp; But since steel cents aren&#039;t all that valuable except in the top grades, think about letting it develop some character instead:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]228360.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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