father in law house

[jimzz977]

my father in law told me that a 1943 steel pennie that he had lost a few years ago, show me the area and hunted that area and didnt locate it, but found cool old cap gun

 

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[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

very cool find, I love finding old toys............ hh.

 

[cudamark]

Remember to turn off all discrimination or you may not pick up iron/steel targets. The only time I've found steel cents is in a pocket spill with other coins.

 

[jimzz977]

the problem I had there was lot of trash , my md was going crazy. are steel pennies rare? the area is full nails, bolts, junk metal

 

[cudamark]

They only made them one year (except for a few 1944's that are worth a ton!) but they made over a billion of them so they're not particularly rare. You can get a nice circulated one at any coin shop for under a buck or an uncirculated one for under $5.

 

[Frankn]

The rare thing about the copper/steel thing is that there are some copper pennies that were stamped with the steel die date and some steel pennies that were stamped with the copper die date. This occurred at changeover time. There were only a few like this so they are worth a lot. Frank

 

[s.c.shooter]

Frank,what is the copper die date? I have quite a few steel pennies.

 

[Frankn]

Shooter, in 1943 , the year of the Zink-Coated Steel, a few copper and a few silver planchets were struck in error and are known to exist. At the beginning of the 1944 run, a few steel coins were struck . Frank

 

[jimzz977]

I going to try again tomorrow , guess going dig up iron hits.