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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2493243, member: 24314&quot;]For your coin to be genuine, the mint would need to have been striking coins, tokens, or medals with that composition in 1981. It&#039;s like what happened when the 1943 copper cents were struck.&nbsp; The theory is that copper planchets were laying around, stuck in machinery or in the hoppers when 1943 cents were being struck.&nbsp; Some got into production.&nbsp; That is not the same thing as a press operator playing around with washers, nails, or <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">steel blanks</span>.</p><p>Same thing happened in 1944 with the change back to copper.&nbsp; That&#039;s were the 1944 steel cents come from.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I&#039;m concerned, the top two grading services said your 1981 coin was counterfeit. Besides it being &quot;steel,&quot; it may not have the strike and details as a normal authentic cent. I find it hard to believe that a TPGS told you your coin was a <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">genuine</span> cent yet would not slab it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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