they wouldnt make a call I was told that i wasn't that lucky and it has to be a steel that's too corroded to stick to a magnet... So I guess I'm going to have to take it to another place.
they wouldnt make a call I was told that i wasn't that lucky and it has to be a steel that's too corroded to stick to a magnet... So I guess I'm going to have to take it to another place.
No expert here, but comparing the photo to some online images of actual 1943 pennies, the '3' does not look right - at least not from the photo sumitted so far. It appears the top part of the '3' is made of two straight segments, which does not seem to be characteristic of authentic specimens. In addition the lower segment of the '3' should extend well below the other numbers. That also is not apparent in the submitted photo. Maybe a doctored 1945?
I found a 1943 back in 2007 ish? I took it the a very well known and respected coin dealer near Princeton NJ. All he said was yup it appears to be one? He couldn't positively identify it though? Cause he just said thanks for showing me! I felt that the only way to try to prove it better was to clean it! THAT WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE !
DON'T CLEAN THAT COIN!
Wiped it clean!
Learned the hard way!
So if it cant be positively Id'd and you cant clean it to show the date then you don't have what you say you have.
Your comment about snow reminds me what i did as a kid on a snow day from school,go out shoveling driveways then take the money i made to the bank and get penny roles and look for 1943 or 1955 double struck pennys never found one.I hope this coin turns out to be real .Lots of so called experts,so much for just congratulating the guy...so disappointing how negative ppl get when the snow shows up