✅ SOLVED Can a 1943 copper penny be dug?? Did I do it? Help me

[Millerthebugkiller]

So I'm looking at key dates on the ne and figure I'll look up my wheat penny's on by one.....it's pretty rough but tell me what u think should I have it looked at or am I just seeing things....it doesn't stick to a magnet.

 

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[Millerthebugkiller]

Damn my pics suck on here

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Grungy steel cents are never green. They are also magnetic, so it's probably not a steel cent.

 

[lumbergh]

Hope it is for your sake:
The United States Mint · About The Mint

 

[JohnnyFlake]

Steel can most definitely turn green and/or blueish in color depending on the mineralization of the soil it's buried in. Your picture is not very good. I used a magnifier to look but it didn't help much. I'll say that you has a steel cent there my friend!

 

[flyadive]

I can't see your pic, I thought I found a 1943 copper cent about 6 years ago. I took it to a coin expert who looked at it and said " yea.. could be"
Because of the condition I am unable to 100 percent determine authentic. And here it sits somewhere in my maze of finds.
I suspect you will have the same problem?

 

[flyadive]

Forgot to mention... After the visit with the expert, I became very discussed with the coin. I attempted to clean it so as to make it better. It only made it worse!

 

[jeff of pa]

So I'm looking at key dates on the ne and figure I'll look up my wheat penny's on by one.....it's pretty rough but tell me what u think should I have it looked at or am I just seeing things....it doesn't stick to a magnet.

Definitely need better pics to see if it's a damaged 8

However since it doesn't stick to magnet it is copper

 

[wild eyed willey]

So I'm looking at key dates on the ne and figure I'll look up my wheat penny's on by one.....it's pretty rough but tell me what u think should I have it looked at or am I just seeing things....it doesn't stick to a magnet. View attachment 880736View attachment 880737

there were other pennies coined in 1943... they were copper. I can't remember which one is the most valuable, the steel or the copper. if it doesn't stick to the magnet, it is a copper

 

[JohnnyFlake]

If I recall correctly, there was an error printing of 1943 pennies on copper, however, it was extremely limited and it is believed that only a few may have actually left the mint. If you were to find one and it were in good condition and certifiable, it would be worth many, many thousands of dollars. There was a time, when many 1943 steel pennies were copper plated by one of the larger novelty companies and used for advertising handouts.

 

[Guest 1551]

If I recall correctly, there was an error printing of 1943 pennies on copper, however, it was extremely limited and it is believed that only a few may have actually left the mint. If you were to find one and it were in good condition and certifiable, it would be worth many, many thousands of dollars. There was a time, when many 1943 steel pennies were copper plated by one of the larger novelty companies and used for advertising handouts.

Allright guys, there were a few 1943 cents struck on copper planchets accidentally. I believe one sold for 3.25 million recently. But they're lots of fakes so I would not get your hopes up. Sorry.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

"Steel can most definitely turn green and/or blueish in color depending on the mineralization of the soil it's buried in. Your picture is not very good. I used a magnifier to look but it didn't help much. I'll say that you has a steel cent there my friend!"

Sorry, but it's not a steel cent. If it's not magnetic, then it's probably a 1948 cent.

 

[Millerthebugkiller]

I don't know why I can't get better pics one her it looks great on my phone....the more I look the more I think the crud makes it look like a 3 ...

 

[Guest 1551]

The "3" on the penny is not large enough to be a 1943 copper penny. I believe what you have there is an altered 1948 penny.

Like I said, many fakes out there

 

[RGINN]

One of the fake ones for reference. Copper plated steel. Actually found in circulation some years back. I was probably one of the few people around there that knew about the copper 43, and it was a pretty exciting 5 minutes til I found a magnet.

 

[Rawhide]

This is a steel penny, picture just turned it copper. It is steel in color.

 

[jeff of pa]

One of the fake ones for reference. Copper plated steel. Actually found in circulation some years back. I was probably one of the few people around there that knew about the copper 43, and it was a pretty exciting 5 minutes til I found a magnet.View attachment 881509

when I was in school we used to do that in science class,
I wonder how many got into circulation

 

[cw0909]

I don't know why I can't get better pics one her it looks great on my phone....the more I look the more I think the crud makes it look like a 3 ...

maybe use a good cam with marco setting,i did a comparison,even though you marked solve
cant enlarged it anymore side by side with the posted altered 48,
a real one here

 

[Millerthebugkiller]

Sorry I'm working with a iPad and the cam is a droid phone my 3 doesn't angle down like the picks u are showing it looks like this number 3 not the bottom part angling down

 

[Pointman]

My father collects a lot of coins and buys wheaties in bulk. Out of all the thousands he has purchased he has found some fakes. Usually they are plated steel, but people would also take a 1948 cent and cut the 8 into a 3. It almost takes a microscope and an expert to authenticate this. It is highly unlikely to find a 1943 copper cent, because only a small handful has been found and it would make local news to find one that isn't known. My father was born in the early forties and he remembers people looking for these when he was a kid.