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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2773319, member: 36230"]I understand your reasoning, sir, and was only trying to save you some money. The rarity and value of a 1943 copper cent doesn't come from its color - it's not simply a steel cent that happens to be copper colored - but from its metal content. You've already admitted that your coin is, in fact, attracted to a magnet, which indicates that it's not of the proper content to be what you're hoping. Please do understand that even beyond plated novelties and knock-offs, plain/average circulated examples of steel cents can discolor, sometimes giving brownish appearance. Without clear photos of the coin I can only speculate as to what it likely is, but unfortunately, the aforementioned magnet fact is sufficient to quite confidently state what it is not.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there may be an exceedingly slim possibility of it being struck on a foreign planchet, and if memory serves me, I believe this has been discussed in one of the many, many, many other threads on this very subject if you wish to look into it. Please do understand that the chances are immeasurably slim though, and in no way am I suggesting this likely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2773319, member: 36230"]I understand your reasoning, sir, and was only trying to save you some money. The rarity and value of a 1943 copper cent doesn't come from its color - it's not simply a steel cent that happens to be copper colored - but from its metal content. You've already admitted that your coin is, in fact, attracted to a magnet, which indicates that it's not of the proper content to be what you're hoping. Please do understand that even beyond plated novelties and knock-offs, plain/average circulated examples of steel cents can discolor, sometimes giving brownish appearance. Without clear photos of the coin I can only speculate as to what it likely is, but unfortunately, the aforementioned magnet fact is sufficient to quite confidently state what it is not. That said, there may be an exceedingly slim possibility of it being struck on a foreign planchet, and if memory serves me, I believe this has been discussed in one of the many, many, many other threads on this very subject if you wish to look into it. Please do understand that the chances are immeasurably slim though, and in no way am I suggesting this likely.[/QUOTE]
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