Coin and Paper Money Collecting/1943 wheat penny

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Expert: - 9/22/2006


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I HAVE A 1943 WHEAT PENNY AND THE 4 IS BARELY NOTICABLE IS IT A MISPRINT

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Wendy, probably not.  The steel that was being stamped in 1943 is a bit harder than copper and so (I think) wore out the dies a little faster.  Also it was a little harder to stamp everything into the harder steel.  So, you often see some areas of the piece a bit lightly struck.  Sounds like that is what you have there, Jim Lawniczak

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Jim Lawniczak

Expertise

I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.

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Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.

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TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)

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TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins

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