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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 707257, member: 4552&quot;]Yes you have to really watch for those recoated, replated, etc ones. Not sure why anyone would ever spend the time and money to replate a cent but there are a lot of them out there. The problem with your comparison is there are numerous states of Stainless Steel. It&#039;s difficult to use a Stainless Steel pot for comparison since there are virtually hundreds of grades of Stainless Steel. Most have numbers such as the famous 440 on many Surgical instruments. Stainless Steel can be as bright and shinny as a proof coin or as dull as Lead pending on the method of finishing and the amount of different elements in it&#039;s composition. And many of higher grades are non magnetic in spite of the Iron content. </p><p>Meanwhile those 1943 Cents have been recoated with Zinc, Tin, Chrome, Copper and even Lead. The Lead ones have a great luster for a really short time. The Zinc recoats look fantastically like the originals and the glossyness too is similar to Uncirculated ones. Those are the ones that are really difficult to tell from the originals except if they show wear and are new looking. </p><p>Those are one of my favorite coins. I presently have 2,650 of them. I&#039;m trying to accumulate a complete roll of the Chrome plated ones but those are not as common. I do have an almost completed roll of the Zinc replated ones, only 3 of the Copper plated, one of the Lead coated ones and only two of the Tinned ones. The Copper plated ones used to be really common but not so much lately. </p><p>And you would notice even from the photos so far shown a the slight difference in the toned quality of each. With most of mine I&#039;ve found a difference in appearance from the Phily, Denver and San Fran ones. </p><p>Hopefully I will find many more variations in those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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