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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 2992414, member: 90692&quot;]TonyBronx...they are most probably reprocessed coins.&nbsp; The tip-offs are the beautiful, clean plating, non-magnetic and non-rusted, plated edges.&nbsp; You will also see errors in the plating.&nbsp; I have 27 of these that were gifted to me, and about half of them have metal shards affecting the date.&nbsp; They are sold as novelty coins for about a dollar, and are used by coin companies to fill holes in wheat ear sets&nbsp; they sell so they don&#039;t have to give you a real one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Normal zinc-coated steel cents from 1943 will have a bluish- grey cast to them and have non- plated edges.&nbsp; The non-plated edges were their achilles heel:&nbsp; the sheets to produce the planchets were zinc-plated before the planchets were punched out leaving the core steel vulnerable to oxidative deterioration...they rusted quickly.&nbsp; Very hard to find pristine, rust-free coins unless they were from a hoard.&nbsp; Americans, paradoxically, both loved and hated the coin.&nbsp; They hoarded the coin knowing it to be a collectible but hated it because it got confused with dimes.&nbsp; Also, they caused havoc with vending machines.&nbsp; Back then, pennies were accepted by machines, but the zinc cents would be rejected as slugs.&nbsp; Then the rust effects began to surface...and the next thing you know the Mint weenies had the light-bulb go on and realized their mistake and went back to copper alloy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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