1943 steel penny 3.067 grams

[RTClark]

Hello Everybody
Just recently joined and my membership is in the mail as of today. I’m a small town Farmer in Illinois and have lived here since I was born (51 years). I’m just starting my journey in penny collecting. I will be posting a few Lincoln cents in the next few days to get your opinions on, but for now I’m excited to be here and excited to learn new things about coins ..

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Hello Everybody
Just recently joined and my membership is in the mail as of today. I’m a small town Farmer in Illinois and have lived here since I was born (51 years). I’m just starting my journey in penny collecting. I will be posting a few Lincoln cents in the next few days to get your opinions on, but for now I’m excited to be here and excited to learn new things about coins ..

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Welcome aboard.

As far as the 43 Lincoln steel cent is concerned, they typically weigh 2.7 grams. I would recommend using a very weak magnet on the coin to ensure it is steel based. You might want to place something between the coin and magnet, like glass, a heavy cloth, or heavy plastic to avoid scratching the coin.

In my opinion, the exact weight of a planchet before the strike is a challenge even to this day. It's method to make the planchet can offer slight variables in the weight. We are talking about a difference of 0.367 which should turn some heads, but it will boil down to whether it sticks to a magnet.

[RTClark]

Here is a few pictures of my overweight 1943 steel penny. My scale fluctuates between 3066 and 3.067 grams. I bought a couple of bags of wheat Pennie’s at a auction. One of the bags was 200+ 1943 steel pennies. I decided to weigh them and they all where between 2.6 and 2.8 then the one I’m showing you showed up. It is magnetic. Didn’t know if there is any demand for a overweight steel Lincoln cent. I would like to send it off to see if it’s been struck on a foreign planchet or something…. I appreciate any ideas

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If you get CONECA to look at this, it would be significantly cheaper than sending off to a third party grader. It may cost upwards of 75 bucks to send it off to ngc or pcgs and probably 60 or so if you send it to anacs. Ana s have reps at most major shows.

I am not sure what CONECA will charge IF they agree to see the coin in perso

The first step is to go to the main form page. From there find the CONECA Services form. Go under EXAMINATIONS. Under examinations, add a post with as much info and good photos as you can. It's best to overload them on info for the first post because it may take a long time for them to respond.

You can research the possibilty of a wrong planchet, but odds are its simply a slightly over weight planchet. It would have a better shot, it some of the design elements were missing, but it appears to be a normally struck coin.

It's probably not going to make you wealthy, but it's value would be set at what the collector will pay for it. Being circulated, I would imagine, in my opinion, you will have quite a feat recovering your funds if you sent it in to one of the third party grading services.

I will see if I can find the link to the pdf file that lists the known us minted coins from the early 1900s to the mid 1970s. It's best to look at the MINT it was produced at, then the weight and possible metal composition. If I find it later, I will add a link below.

[RTClark]

Thank you for looking into this. You have been great help for pointing me in the right direction. I will see what CONECA has to say. Thanks again. RTCARK

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Here is the link to the 70 or so pages of data about wrong planchet possibilities. It's in PDF.

https://www.minterrornews.com/news-5..._the_mint.html