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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddyk, post: 390631, member: 3712&quot;]I have no idea what that means.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT:</p><p>Well I do now I have looked it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means that there was no thin layer of zinc on the original 1943 cent&#039;s edge (#1 photo).&nbsp; This fact becomes one of the most significant ways to differentiate an original finish steel cent from an altered finish reprocessed coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s confusing because sometimes dealers use the terms &quot;processed&quot;, &quot;re-coated&quot; and &quot;reprocessed&quot; interchangeably, all referring to reprocessed (altered finish) coins.&nbsp; All steel cents were originally processed, by the U.S. Mint, with a thin zinc coating.&nbsp; This guide is about the reprocessed or altered finish coins (those coins that were treated with a second zinc coating applied by dealers).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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