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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 487753, member: 15062&quot;]For anyone interested in experimenting, it should be rather easy to make a 1943 copper cent.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>1. get a BU 1943 steel cent.</p><p>2. harden it</p><p>3. get a block of steel</p><p>4. heat the block cherry red</p><p>5. press the hardened cent into the steel block</p><p>6. machine the metal away from the outline of the cent to make a die</p><p>7. harden the steel die</p><p>8. follow the same procedure with the opposite side of the coin</p><p>9. get a &quot;copper&quot; cent blank planchet</p><p>10. get a steel plate the thickness of a cent and machine a hole to the diameter of the cent</p><p>11. put the planchet in the hole in the steel plate and use a hydraulic press to press the dies you made into the cent planchet. </p><p>12. repeat as necessary and wait for the Secret Service to show up[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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