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Message:: [QUOTE="ArthurK11, post: 1543169, member: 34524"]My favorite coin in my collection is this 1943 steel cent. I found it on the beach a few years ago before I was really into coin collecting. I was digging around in the sand one night while babysitting my little cousins as they played and found what I thought was a regular penny. Then I flipped it over and noticed the wheat back and decided to keep it cause it looked cool. Then when I got back to the house and saw it in the light I thought the color looked a little funny but I figured it was just because it was in the sand and seawater for a long time. Soon after that I remembered that they made steel pennies during WWII but I couldn't remember what year and I didn't even know for sure what years exactly WWII took place (I was only about 15 at the time I found this penny). I took a magnet off the fridge and it stuck to the penny, and just to double check I tried sticking the magnet to a regular penny and nothing. I was really really excited about this find and it is still one of my favorite coins in my collection. Even though it's only worth a penny I love it. A guess at your favorite coins to collect, Washington quarters.[/QUOTE]