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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 06/16/2009 : 16:55:43
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Well I ran 4 boxes today and on the second pass I looked at the rejects. One caught my eye that was looking rough. I bounced it and it sounded like a thud. So I put the magnet to it. It stuck.
So now I have a very rusted 1943 penny.
Anyone interested in a very rusty rustic 1943 penny.
It is a good conversation piece. Willing to take a loss and sell it for $19.95 plus a small S&H charge.
I only have one at this price so act fast.
I don't have a picture. So just imagine a pile of rust in the shape of a penny.
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You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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mingusdew
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 06/16/2009 : 23:39:14
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| If I'm not mistaken, the 43s are actually somewhat common. You can get them on feebay for about $10-15 for a roll. They are only rare in circulation because the magnets in the coin counting machines always catch them along with all the Canadian coins. Yours may have just skipped under the magnets because it's so heavily oxidized its magnetic surface has been reduced. Mostly just speculation, but it seems feasible. |
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
-Theodore Roosevelt
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2009 : 23:47:20
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that sucker is badly rusted. like it has been in the ocean for a few years.
it amazes me how many people don't know they made a steel penny or even why they did. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 06/16/2009 : 23:58:53
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Already have several rolls of them. Most of mine are unrusted, though. Seems like they almost as hard to get in circulation as the mythical feathered Liberty.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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mingusdew
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 06/17/2009 : 00:43:35
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| Yeah, I've never found one in circulation. I've found an Indian Head, a Flying Eagle, and a 1909 VDB - but not a single steel 43. Pretty rare if I managed to find an Eagle first. |
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
-Theodore Roosevelt
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 06/17/2009 : 11:46:34
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Congrats on finding the steel penny.
I've decided that this hobby of searching through coin rolls is sort of like a "crap shoot". You never know how it will turn out.
I have yet to find an IH in the wild. I really don't believe that they exist. 
However, I have found six steel pennies in just over ten months' of searching. And as far as finding good stuff in the nickels, dimes, etc. my results are far from what the norm on here seems to be...nothing really good, at all.
But, with each new roll I open to search I always have wonderful dreams of what I could find so that keeps me looking.
Enjoy. |
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Kurr
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G Powerbuck
Penny Collector Member
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2009 : 12:12:01
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| I found 1 1943 in pretty good shape in a box with bank wrapped rolls, and have yet to find my first Indian. Am I doing something wrong?? How do you guys find so many |
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Kurr
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Ant
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2009 : 22:11:14
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| Weird! I just pulled out a '43 this evening! And yes, it was fugly. |
Lovely dimes, the liveliest coin, the one that really jingles. --Truman Capote
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 06/18/2009 : 20:33:24
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Originally posted by Kurr
I got 9 1943's in one lick once. I truly believe it is luck and volume.
I got 50 to 60 in one bag last year. I lost count. The same bag had a total of over 600 wheats and was over 60% copper. My best bag yet. |
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