Buyer Beware | 1943 proof steel

[ericodapro]

I wasnt aware they made proof steelies https://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-PR-Pro...%7EAL&LH_BIN=1

[makecents]

That's a plated 43, quite common and not worth much of anything.

I apologize, this is a plated coin already. I should have elaborated. It's a post, mint, plated coin.

[GrumpyEd]

Yes, very rare

Because there are none.

[ericodapro]

I read somewhere there are some "proof-like" steelies created from some of the 1st strikes from a die

[GrumpyEd]

I read somewhere there are some "proof-like" steelies created from some of the 1st strikes from a die

There can be proof-like of any coin but this one is clearly replated, some look very nice, it might be because the coin was rust free or unc or AU when they plated it. On a lot of them they have lumps and blobs from corrosion or rust that was on the coin.

Most normal unc steel cents are more of a matte finish.

[jfines69]

A pretty coin... If you zoom in on the obv there are ripples in the plating... The rev looks like it is pitted real bad from corrosion... A half way decent replate!!!

[GrumpyEd]

Replated ones hold up better than the regular ones, they stay fresh looking and don't grow the white stuff that regular ones grow. It makes me think they might have used something different than the zinc (only on the sheets not even on the edges) the mint used. When you have things plated like chrome car parts, they do several layers of different plating (I forget the stack up, maybe it was copper or nickel then chrome??) to get the plating to last and adhere. The replated cents are different than the regular ones, they are even plated on the rims like the one in the pics. Regular ones only have whatever zinc was smeared on the rim when they punched the blanks so it never looks wonderful like the one in the pic.