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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jloring, post: 1528305, member: 15518&quot;]Well, it&#039;s a &#039;43 steel cent, so there wouldn&#039;t be any underlying copper, and the plating process covers the entire coin, edge included. Many, many of these 1943 cents have been electroplated with bright zinc or nickel, giving them this shiny appearance as opposed to the dull steel look that quickly overcame the original mint issues (google 1943 steel cent and look at the images; the uncirculated examples look entirely different from your coin). Many an entreprenuer has taken &#039;43 steel cents, plated them for that &quot;newly minted&quot; look, placed them in plastic housings with a fancy inscription referring to &quot;war time cents&quot; and sold them for ridiculous prices. The coin you have is one of those plated examples, effectively destroying any numismatic value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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