![]() P under date is not there, filled in with metal) smoothĭouble-die Obverse (FRONT) Doubling on the word LIBERTY. & demand ), more collectors, less coins = higher prices.ĭimes are getting harder to find in nice shape More people start a collection one of the books that they like to fill is the Jeffersonīook #1 1938-1962, these coins are getting harder to find all the time. Save all Nickels 1942-1945 (War Nickels 15% silver)Īre saving all the Nickels that they can find from 1962 on back. Liberty the Date & Jefferson's EYE is Doubled Words (Monticello & Five Cents doubled on back) IDEA ! Save all Lincoln Penny's made before 1958 (wheat pennys) Dealers are paying the Check areas below columns for signs of doubling (columns go into steps) & look at the FG, designers initials some show what apear to be "Trails" Up-date : Three variety experts Ken Potter, John Wexler & Billy Crawford disagree with the US Mint, they say that these cents are double-die coins. Some collectors are saying they have double-die types but the US Mint says its the grain of the metal that makes the steps on the reverse look this way. ![]() Word has it that there are Double-dies out there, (information to follow) when we know more. S/D mintmark, shadow of a S mintmark above the D mintmarkĭouble-die, reverse doubled (back) In God We Trust doubledĭouble-die, Lincoln's Ear is doubled, look at ear lobeĭouble-die obverse, slight doubling on Dateĭouble-die Reverse, doubling in columns (last three)ĭouble-die, strong doubling in In God We Trust and the Dateĭouble-die, look at the Ear Lobe like the 84 Poor mans double-die, only doubling visible is on the 2 in the date In the date 3/3, a three is over another threeĭouble-die Reverse, strong doubling in the word Americaĭouble-die, strong doubling on In God We Trust, Liberty and the Dateĭouble-die, strong doubling in words TRUST & LIBERTYĭouble-die obverse, strong doubling on the words liberty and In God We Trust ![]() Up-right "D" stamped over a horizontal "D"Ĭheck the Reverse- Wheat for back Type, same as 1909-1957 This is the one everyone looks for COPPERĭouble Mint Mark "D" stamped over another "D" :-) GET THE WHOLE FAMILY INVOLVED.ĭoubled Die obverse, date, liberty and In God We Trust some doublingĭouble-die obverse, doubling on the date and libertyĬopper, all 1943 cents were made from steel (silver color), a small handful were first stamped from copper. This is just a small listing of what you can stillįind in your pocket change, the big glass water bottle, piggyįIND A GOOD LIGHTED AREA, GRAB A MAGNIFING GLASS AND HAVE SOME FUN. If the penny sticks to the magnet, your stuck with a worthless coin.Collectors Corner " Pocket Goodies-what to look for " The easiest way to determine if a 1943 cent is made of steel, and not copper, is to use a magnet. The 1943 copper cent is a favorite of counterfeiters, who coat steel pennies with copper. Coin experts speculate that the planchets were struck by accident when copper-alloy 1-cent blanks remained in the press hopper when production began on the new steel pennies. ![]() Only 40 of the 1943 copper-alloy cents are known to be in existence. Bill Simpson, co-owner of the Texas Rangers, owns three of them. The pennies remain the most famous and valuable of all wrong-metal issues. A few of these bronze pennies made it out, however. Government halted the minting of copper-coated bronze coins – switching to steel instead – because copper was needed to manufacture ammunition during World War II. Today, pennies are made from copper-coated zinc. ![]()
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