1943-d penny

[silverstreak48]

Hi All,I'm a new member and saw a post about a 43D penny being worth 50K.Could someone verify that thats for real.Or is someone playing a joke? I have 3 of these pennies and would love to have that cash in my pocket.

Silverstreak

 

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[bigwater]

I think it's a joke. a 43-D is worth about 13 cents.

 

[waseeker]

Not a joke, they were referring to the 1943D that is struck in copper. Very few exist although several counterfeits exist

 

[bigwater]

Well the "mythical" 43D that's worth tens of thousands would have been bronze, not copper, and would be a rareity certainly if a true specimine was actually found. To my satisfaction so far, all 43D's were struck in steel except for the forgeries. I've yet to actually see an actual authentic 43D bronze. The rumor is that there were 40 or so accidentally produced, 12 of which are "claimed" to be in the hands of private collectors, but show me one, please. I'd love to believe.

Silverstreak, if you want to test your pennies yourself as to whether or not they are authentic bronze cents, hold them up to a magnet. If they stick to a magnet, you have a steel coin that's been plated to look like bronze/copper, so don't waste your time going any further with your research. If they won't stick to a magnet, you might have a fortune as long as they aren't a forgery. Take it to a reputable coin dealer. They'll weigh it and perform specific gravity tests on it and check the strike and the tail on the three, and if it's real, you're rich. If they turn out to be real though, please please please post a picture of them here so I can actually see an authentic 43D bronze before I die.

 

[Cachefinder]

"If you think you have a 1943 copper cent, how can you tell if it is genuine?

Steel cents weigh 2.7 grams, copper cents weigh 3.11 grams.
Steel cents are attracted to a magnet, copper cents aren't.
Compare the digits on a 1943 steel cent with your coin. The shape of the digits should be the same and there should not be tooling marks where empty space would be on the"3".


If your cent passes ALL of the above tests then it is time to get the coin certified by one of the grading services such as NGC or PCGS."

Beware of fakes! Since the 1943 copper cents are so rare they have been a popular target of counterfeiters and other scam artists. Favorite methods of faking the 1943 copper cent include:

copper plating a 1943 steel cent.
altering the date of a Lincoln cent of another year to make it look like the last digit is a "3" -1948 is a common choice.
casting a coin from scratch -very crude and easy to tell, coins are struck not cast.
creating a die from a genuine 1943 steel cent and striking a copper flan with it.

***all from website http://www.coinsite.com/content/faq/1943copper.asp ***

 

[Cachefinder]

Well the "mythical" 43D that's worth tens of thousands would have been bronze, not copper, and would be a rareity certainly if a true specimine was actually found. To my satisfaction so far, all 43D's were struck in steel except for the forgeries. I've yet to actually see an actual authentic 43D bronze. The rumor is that there were 40 or so accidentally produced, 12 of which are "claimed" to be in the hands of private collectors, but show me one, please. I'd love to believe.

Silverstreak, if you want to test your pennies yourself as to whether or not they are authentic bronze cents, hold them up to a magnet. If they stick to a magnet, you have a steel coin that's been plated to look like bronze/copper, so don't waste your time going any further with your research. If they won't stick to a magnet, you might have a fortune as long as they aren't a forgery. Take it to a reputable coin dealer. They'll weigh it and perform specific gravity tests on it and check the strike and the tail on the three, and if it's real, you're rich. If they turn out to be real though, please please please post a picture of them here so I can actually see an authentic 43D bronze before I die.

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[bigwater]

Nice enough, but I thought the topic of conversation was the 43-D cent, Not the 43-P (no mint mark). It is obvious enough that there were a few 43's struck in the Philadelphia mint, and these specimens are worth a lot of money, but the stories of them coming out of the Denver mint have not been authenticated to my satisfaction since I've never seen proof of an actual real live 43-D bronze that wasn't a fake.

 

[Cachefinder]

Nice enough, but I thought the topic of conversation was the 43-D cent, Not the 43-P (no mint mark). It is obvious enough that there were a few 43's struck in the Philadelphia mint, and these specimens are worth a lot of money, but the stories of them coming out of the Denver mint have not been authenticated to my satisfaction since I've never seen proof of an actual real live 43-D bronze that wasn't a fake.

I stand Corrected. ---- (that hurt my fingers to type)

SORRY!

missed the D mintmark- - didnt even know they existed.

Take care~

 

[twinsrule]

No, as the others have said, this isn't a joke. In 1943, pennies were made of steel pennies, but a slim few made it with the copper panchlet. Also, as the others have said, there are counterfeits.

 

[DigginThePast]

Well no pics of the 43-d copper/bronze but two sources that talk about the various off composition 1943 and 1944 Lincoln Cents.

From the first link:
"Is only one 1943-D copper cent known? The Goldbergs auctioned one in 2003. DeLorey believes that this 1943-D copper cent is unique, as does David Lange, who authored a book on Lincoln Cents. The same coin was auctioned in May 1996 by Superior Galleries, which was then operated by the Goldbergs. My impression is that it was NGC certified MS-64 Brown in 1996 and PCGS certified MS-64 Brown before the Feb. 2003 auction, in which it realized $212,750."

http://www.coinlink.com/News/errors...t-1-1943-s-copper-trades-on-the-bourse-floor/

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Rare/1943CopperCents.html

Real or $200,000 fake?

I say real.

 

[DigginThePast]

Ah ha!

And a link:

http://minterrornews.com/news-2-25-03-1943-d_copper_cent_brings_$212,750.html

You'll have to copy and paste the link for it to work I guess.

 

[mintmark-s]

Well the "mythical" 43D that's worth tens of thousands would have been bronze, not copper, and would be a rareity certainly if a true specimine was actually found. To my satisfaction so far, all 43D's were struck in steel except for the forgeries. I've yet to actually see an actual authentic 43D bronze. The rumor is that there were 40 or so accidentally produced, 12 of which are "claimed" to be in the hands of private collectors, but show me one, please. I'd love to believe.

Silverstreak, if you want to test your pennies yourself as to whether or not they are authentic bronze cents, hold them up to a magnet. If they stick to a magnet, you have a steel coin that's been plated to look like bronze/copper, so don't waste your time going any further with your research. If they won't stick to a magnet, you might have a fortune as long as they aren't a forgery. Take it to a reputable coin dealer. They'll weigh it and perform specific gravity tests on it and check the strike and the tail on the three, and if it's real, you're rich. If they turn out to be real though, please please please post a picture of them here so I can actually see an authentic 43D bronze before I die.

Yes that correct bronze and Last month ago PRIVATE AUCTION HA.COM that 1943-S bronze

 

[olepossum]

they also have some 44 steels it was due to the fact that the machines were not cleaned out before stamping new coins no conspiracy just human error though they are a little pricey

 

[DigginThePast]

"please please please post a picture of them here so I can actually see an authentic 43D bronze before I die"

I hope bigwater didn't die before I posted the info regarding a real copper/bronze 43-D.

 

[bigwater]

LOL... I'm still alive. Still pondering the information though. The picture of the cent certainly doesn't look bronze... it looks like a slightly tarnished steel cent, and I haven't taken the time to confirm the validity of the article you posted. You know what they say... never beleive anything you read on the internet unless it's something you already know to be true or can independently confirm for yourself. I'm not doubting your research at all... just not convinced yet.

 

[NewC]

"please please please post a picture of them here so I can actually see an authentic 43D bronze before I die"





Hi,
I'm curious to see of this is genuine?
Came across this site while in search.
I went through the links given in this thread and yet, I'm still confused 😖
This does stick to a magnet. And I don't see any scratches on or around the 3. Can someone help me?

 

[digger27]

If it sticks to a magnet it is steel.
What you have there is a genuine steel one cent coin and they were made in all three mints, Philadelphia, (plain), San Francisco, (S mint mark), and Denver, ( D mint mark).
https://www.thespruce.com/worth-of-1943-penny-768863

 

[enamel7]

Plus the real deal will look like any other wheatie.