Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Half Dime, post: 26059531, member: 153164&quot;]There may have been a bit more zinc or tin in them at the time, since they tend to tone differently than some others. I can compare a graded 1945-S to a 1939-S or a 55-S, and while they are all red color, the 45-S, being the finest of the 3, has hints of a rose gold tone to it. I also have a 46-S (ungraded) with this tactic, among many other BU cents I have that don&#039;t. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do believe that, with the shell case story, there is one thing to strike it down. A lot of those shell cases probably weren&#039;t recovered, and who knows what was done with the ones that were. Plus, 1944 (one of the &#039;shell case&#039; years) was the peak mintage year for cents, with Philadelphia alone minting 1,435,400,000 of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shell case story is one of them also believed by a lot of non-coin collectors since many of these popular TV and mail order advertisers run away with it and find it a reason to charge you $9.95 a coin, plus the box, or in other words $100 for about 30-50 cents in value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or you can find 30-50 cents in value for 9 cents coin roll hunting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in