Six new coins today for my first collection

wondering value and if the grades givin are right and any thing else you would like to comment on
and again these are for my one of every type since seated collection


First of we have my first war nickle 1943 p au paid $3.75

 

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secound we have my first steel penny 1943 unc paid $2.00

 

third is my first wheat penny 1944 s unc paid $1.00
kinda have a little war thing going on with out meaning to

 

fourth is my first memorial penny its a 1964 proof

 

fifth is my first rosevelt silver dime its a 1946 s unc i paid $3.90

 

sixth is a 1918 s vg mercury dime i paid 3.30 i have 5 other mercs put there lower gade and in my silver tube






I also picked up a 1963 d silver washington for my quarter silver tube which i paid $5.80 for. i went in with a twenty dollar bill and was 80 cents short and some random guy gave me the extra dollar if your wondering why each coin has its own post thats because when making the post i can not see the pictures so i could not organize them the way i wanted the merc and the rosevelt showed up before i posted tho

 

The grades appear to be accurate for all, but the 43-P Jeff may be better if it is just a weak strike. I don't know. Paul, aka Lehigh96, would probably be able to tell. I can't comment on the values since I don't (actively) collect any of these.

Chris

 

I'm thinkimg the '43 steelie is plated... at least it as that look from the photo. Many of these have been plated and sold in "war" sets.

 

yup

 

Coming from someone who is not very knowledgeable on Lincoln cents, if it had been plated, wouldn't some of the finer details have been lost or muted?

Chris

 

It doesn't seem to for some reason. I've bought a few of these "sets" with the '43's plated, and they look exactly like the OP's. Unfornately, I no longer own them... they sell like hotcakes at the local flea market, so I unload them for a dollar or two profit.
Here's a typical example, note the reference to "replated" in the description:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/100206542/1943-pds-lincoln-wheat-steel-cents-wwii

 

There's some nice uplated examples of the '43 in this thread:

http://www.cointalk.com/t199703/

 

Well, this listing is really not that definitive. This person may just be lacking adequate knowledge of the coin and is unable to describe it properly, I don't know if the description is an accurate measure.

Thanks,Jim!

Chris

 

Your steel cent appears plated.

 

I bought one of these from a dealer not thinking about plating, sold it for two dollars profit

http://www.littletoncoin.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product5|10001|24551|-1|36640|89302

 

One set, not ten

 

Zinc cents are plated and retain all of their detail. Though it is probably true that the US Mint would do a better job at it than some other outfit.
I have seen replated ones full of bubbles, but I've seen good ones too. And the OP's cent does look plated, unless it's just the photo.

 

Wow... $49.50 for a "reprocessed" (as they call it) set. I bought the exact same set from my local dealer for eight dollars and sold it (with just a little guilt) for ten bucks at the local flea market. Littleton should be ashamed of themselves.

 

ill take another picture after work today

 

It's ten sets, I bought an individual one for 3 dollars and sold it for 5-6