1943s weak strike,date?

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I received this coin in the mail today and thought something was off right away. Searched around and came up with weak strike. What do you guys think?

 

Not a weak strike, or you wouldn't have all that great detail.
Possible grease or debris filled die in that area of lesser detail.
They used to call greasers, "low pressure strikes" which is a misnomer.

 

That was my second guess,thank you for your feedback.

 

Richard, check to see if it has been replated. If original, on the edge the center core of steel will appear rather dull compared to the obv and rev zinc surfaces. If replated, and many were, the edge and obv/rev will look the same type of metal.
Sometimes, if the coin isn't well cleaned before replating, the new zinc layer will be higher in those areas and cause the underlying details to be diminished.
Jim

 

Here is a pic of the rim,you can see the difference like a sandwich.please tell me this coin is not replated.

 

Sorry for everything else in the pic,I'm doing the best with what I got lol.

 

It doesn't appear to be from what I can see. It is difficult to take photos of edges close up.

 

I know right! I'm glad to hear that,so with that in mind would you say grease filled die?

 

Quite possible. I read somewhere that old mint workers said the zinc plating caused a lot of dust in 43 as the pressure needed for the steel core was higher than copper alloy. That is the most probable conclusion at this point. Jim

 

As mentioned above, not a weak strike,
but a minor, very very common 'filled die'
for Steel Cents of all Mints.

 

I have found that those replated ones are super shiny, as if they had been chromed.
So I didn't think possible replating at first.

 

The S is just filled then the coin was replated to look real new an shiny.

 

You'll find steel cents with a missing or weak 4 to be fairly common, although the former more than the latter.