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i have this penny and heard about it how much are they offering now
I assume you mean that your cent sticks to a magnet not just to any metal. If it does, that's proof that it is indeed not copper but rather steel, so that it is just one of the many many millions of steel cents that was made in 1943 and someone coated it with a copper color coating. If that is true, it would not have any value (other than as a cent), but would be an interesting novelty, 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.
Experience
Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.
Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)
Publications
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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