1943 d rpm?

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  • jcoldwate
    • Jul 2025

    #1

    1943 d rpm?

    Hello,

    Is this considered an RPM or something else?

    Thanks for the help.

    Joe
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  • GrumpyEd
    Member
    • Jan 2013
    • 7229

    #2
    Not an RPM.

    It's abraded die doubling.
    Last edited by GrumpyEd; 01-26-2013, 10:57 PM.

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    • eaxtellcoin
      Paid Member

      • Jan 2008
      • 2086

      #3
      Yep common on steels. The top layer was not very kind to the underlying steel. It's not an RPM.

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      • seal006
        Member
        • Jun 2010
        • 2330

        #4
        Is it me, or does this cent look plated as well?
        "If Free Speech stops when someone gets offended, it is not really Free Speech."

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        • eaxtellcoin
          Paid Member

          • Jan 2008
          • 2086

          #5
          Yep - I wouldn't pay 5C for it but that is just MY opinion. I may give a seller $1 if it was an RPM...

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          • jcoldwate

            #6
            Ok, thanks for the replies. Nothing special.

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            • jcuve
              Moderator, Die & Variety Expert
              • Apr 2008
              • 15458

              #7
              It's not abrasion doubling. It is a combo effect from die wear and then the stripping and replating of the coin. A unique 1943 Lincoln cent problem.



              Jason Cuvelier


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              • jcoldwate

                #8
                Hello again, so how can you all tell this was re-plated? Why would someone go through the trouble to re-plate an ordinary cent?

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                • seal006
                  Member
                  • Jun 2010
                  • 2330

                  #9
                  Because it looks like it has been spray painted. I do not know why, but 1943 cents can be found replated everywhere.
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                  • jcuve
                    Moderator, Die & Variety Expert
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 15458

                    #10
                    I think this was an old school tactic to make 1943s, which were very prone to corrosion, look BU when they were not. The plating problem is so widespread that is it is almost hard to find an example that hasn't been replated. Some are glossy, others are more matte with streaks. I would imagine that those doing the replating did it with batches of coins, not one at a time.



                    Jason Cuvelier


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