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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 125721, member: 1242"]winnymc,</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sorry that your coin is not authentic! Just keep looking and maybe your luck will change!</p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, just yesterday I was of the privelege to inform an elderly couple on who to contact (Coin Auction Service) to consign an authentic 1943-P "Copper" Lincoln Cent to have it auctioned off. So there are definitely some of these rare cents out there! This one along with rolls of Steel Cents was picked up when the 1943 Cents hit circulation, kept in the same collection (actually hoard) and passed down to the elderly couple in the Estate of a family member. The sadness to the story is, that the family member was of meager means and passed away never knowing that they had a rare cent in their' possession which could have been sold to bring some comfort to them in their old age! You should see the coin up for auction by Heritage (unless they decide to go with Bowers & Merena) within the next four months given that that is enough time for the Catalogs and other information (advertisements) to anounce the auction of this rare coin to the Numismatic World.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 125721, member: 1242"]winnymc, I am sorry that your coin is not authentic! Just keep looking and maybe your luck will change! Heck, just yesterday I was of the privelege to inform an elderly couple on who to contact (Coin Auction Service) to consign an authentic 1943-P "Copper" Lincoln Cent to have it auctioned off. So there are definitely some of these rare cents out there! This one along with rolls of Steel Cents was picked up when the 1943 Cents hit circulation, kept in the same collection (actually hoard) and passed down to the elderly couple in the Estate of a family member. The sadness to the story is, that the family member was of meager means and passed away never knowing that they had a rare cent in their' possession which could have been sold to bring some comfort to them in their old age! You should see the coin up for auction by Heritage (unless they decide to go with Bowers & Merena) within the next four months given that that is enough time for the Catalogs and other information (advertisements) to anounce the auction of this rare coin to the Numismatic World. Frank[/QUOTE]
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