Unanswered: 1943S-1DR-002 - Plated, weak strike, or Struck thru grease?
I feel fairly confident this coin is not plated but I'd really appreciate your opinions just to be sure.
I've spilled alotta blood purchasing these with bad pics on eBay over the years but this one's
different. For starters, I don't see the extraordinary "peeling' effect that plated/re-plated steel cents
usually exhibit around the devices and particularly around the rims. Secondly, the color is reasonably
consistent and even where re-plated coins are anything but. The main thing that gives me pause is the
lack of luster. I shot these pics with zero diffusion under Jansjo lights with their lens caps off. My camera
exposure and brightness settings were set higher than normal and I still had to brighten these pics a bit
in post edit to show everything. I did not, however, strengthen these pics at all. Some of the pics seem
out of focus but they're not. It's either the strike or the plating. My guess is grease and/or weakly struck.
The blanks were punched out after plating was done. They tend to have a light amount of thin rust colored lines on the edge of the coins since they have no plating on them.
And chips probably indicate there is plating chipping off that shouldn't be there.
The blanks were punched out after plating was done. They tend to have a light amount of thin rust colored lines on the edge of the coins since they have no plating on them.
And chips probably indicate there is plating chipping off that shouldn't be there.
It might be re-plated and erased. Most re-plated ones are very shiny, erasing dulls them to look more flat.
That would explain it, chips, not enough flow lines, no rust on rims, looks flat.
It might be re-plated and erased. Most re-plated ones are very shiny, erasing dulls them to look more flat.
That would explain it, chips, not enough flow lines, no rust on rims, looks flat.
Thanks for those tidbits Ed, about the lack of flow lines and the eraser dulling the finish.
I have 10 rolls from a local auction with a non-shiny finish but no rusted edges. This info explains what may have happened.
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