If you have a copper 1943 cent and it passes the magnet test, it should take to a coin shop for further examination by a numismatist. If not, it could be real but there are cast counterfeits, altered dates and other ways of making bogus 1943 copper cents. If it sticks to the magnet, it is steel, thus only a copper plated counterfeit. The easiest way to tell is to place a magnet on the 1943 copper colored coin. However, these are merely counterfeit coins of no great value. Throughout the years people have copper plated the steel cents, apparently creating instant rarities. But those sales pale in comparison with the latest $1.7 million. The first 1943 copper cent was sold in 1958 for more than $40,000. As a result, coin shops throughout the US were swamped with calls about 1943 cents. The wire services picked up the story and it appeared in about every newspaper in the US, and on many radio and TV stations. The story goes that he didn’t tell the wife who rounded up all the loose change around the house and spent the 1943 copper cent, which he estimated was worth about a half a million dollars or more. A subsequent piece sold for 10,000 at an ANA convention in 1981. The man “hid” the coin in plain sight with some other cents in a jar. A 1943 copper cent was first offered for sale in 1958, bringing more than 40,000. In February 1999 a Utah man told local newspapers that his father had given him a rare 1943 copper penny. In fact, your chances of finding just one of the 40 are even worse because there are several that are already found. This penny is so rare, only 40 were made, so given the year, you would have a better chance of winning the lotto 10 times in a single year, than finding just 1.Fil d'Ariane (breadcrumb) Home » Numismatic » 1943 copper penny.
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