Did I overpay or get a good deal - 1943 Pennys

[gmrestoparts]

Did I overpay or get a good deal - 1943 Penny's

Estate Find, Lot Of 35 Uncirculated 1943 Steel Pennies, Nice Condition!

It seemed like a good deal so I pulled the trigger and bought them. If they are good looking in person as they are in the picture, I think I did OK

 

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[boristhespider88]

Estate Find, Lot Of 35 Uncirculated 1943 Steel Pennies, Nice Condition!

It seemed like a good deal so I pulled the trigger and bought them. If they are good looking in person as they are in the picture, I think I did OK

Steel cents are not something I'm comfortable buying on eBay because to me, it's more difficult to tell condition on them than copper cents are.

There are also several things that can be done to them to deceive others. There are 'reprocessed' steel cents that have been stripped of the original zinc coating and replated, which is not the same as an original uncirculated coin and has little to no numismatic value. Also, I found that if they look rusty or nasty, they can be cleaned and polished up fairly well with Lime-Away or CLR, which results in a pretty clean coin, but it's also been cleaned with something and could be passed along as "uncirculated" to someone who didn't know better.

I don't know if you made a good deal or not, and if you are happy with what you paid, then you made a good deal regardless of what anyone else here tells you.

 

[coinsareawesome]

I also got one as a present that I believe it had been polished. I never buy steel cents on Ebay.

 

[kingskid1611]

I have lots of rolls of these steel cents but none that I would consider BU. I haven't really seen one without some kind of blemish somewhere. I hope its a complete roll.

 

[gmrestoparts]

If they are in MS-60 or better as they appear to be looing at the pic on the auction, was it a good deal?

 

[kingskid1611]

If they would be sent to a grader and came back MS-60 or better you may be able to get about $1 a piece or better depending on mint mark. And if by chance they are the 1943 D boldly doubled mint mark then you made bank.....