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We're definitely going to need size and weight to get anywhere with it, as the others have said. If you can those for us, we'll see what we can do.

I really see nothing special about the cent posted from the pics, actually. I'm with Jonathan on that one.

Hi Andrew!!! I'm back in a more limited fashion. I'm not great with Constantinian bronzes, but I did email you a website that may be of some help. I'll repost it here for you as well: http://numismatics.org/ocre/ It may help with coins that aren't on Wildwinds. Sadly, with Constantinian bronzes, that's the best I've got. I got into ancients and then I specialized very quickly. If I were a numismatic dinosaur, I'd probably be an Archaeopteryx....I evolved into an ancients guy, then I flew off into my new, narrow specialty tree rapidly, pursuing my new evolutionary destiny Sorry I suck with Constantinian bronzes, my friend. ~Tom

I'm with MIke on all counts. I think he has this one nailed.

Something about this thread stinks......it stinks bad enough that if it were in the water, it would attract my alpha-scavenger friend here (sorry about yet another shark joke):

Hi Dejone!! I'm with the others....definite post-minting damage. There is no way the minting process could have cause what we're seeing with your cent.

Hi Mike!! I'm with the Hoopster....you've got some machine doubling going on there. It can be deceptive at first glance, but this kind of doubling is extremely common on U.S. coins from the 1960's and 1970's. When I was a new collector, I had a 1968-S Proof Quarter with machine doubling that I sent on an expensive trip through ANACS......so my machine doubling lesson cost me some bucks!! Hoopster's links are good ones to check out. ~Tom

An interesting argument and you may just be correct at that.

They're definitely not worth that to me, either, even if I were a silver dollar collector. That's pretty excessive and one has to wonder what these coins will be doing price-wise at this point in 2022. Buying them at this kind of a price point seems like a good way to lose a lot of money in the long run.....just my humble opinion.

It's definitely a popular variety in U.S. coinage. The dealer I traded my well worn ones to was able to sell them quickly, even in VG-F grades.

That sounds about right.....in MS, the 1943/2 is an extremely difficult coin. It's a little easier if you're willing to go for a circulated example. I've cherry picked about three of them over the years, though none of them were in high grade.......they were pretty ugly, but the variety nonetheless. I wish I still had one to offer J.P. but........they made for some very good trading material and this was years ago.

And that's the truth!! They weren't cheap 9 years ago when I worked at the coin shop. But you never know.....you may be able to cherry pick one. It's not impossible.

JKK's got this just right.....in circulated grades they're only worth face value.

Yep. In circulated grades, they don't really have any premium. But they're fun to have, nonetheless.

Nothing wrong with a little NCLT.....my collection of coins with birds on them is full of NCLT!!!

Heavy, heavy post minting damage. That's one Wheatie that's had a bad, hard life.

I'm with the others...it's machine doubling, which is extremely common on Lincoln Cents of this era.

I agree with you on the 1943/2 and the Registry. If they had a War NIckels Plus Varieties Set, I could see that but not in the basic set. I don't understand our host's sometimes.....I've been trying to get them to acknowledge that coins from Canadian Uncirculated Sets from 1968 to 1975 come with Cameo contrast just like the preceding Proof Like Sets for years!!!! But I digress. I should have been more clear on the 1942-P Proof Nickel issue as well and I do apologize. I meant the Type 2 Proof, the silver one. It may be a fun addition to your War Nickel set. And you're right about the bank rolls....you likely won't find a nice 1943/2 that way. But I'd recommend this: if your local shop has some raw BU War Nickels, take a look through them with your loupe....you may be surprised what can pop up in dealers' stock that isn't attributed sometimes. As someone who worked in a coin shop, I can tell you that we just don't have the time to look at absolutely everything.

You're probably right there, my friend. But there's always my fiancée's (she's the handy one. I'm hopeless there) tool box and a good crack out attempt........

GBrad steered you right.....Wizard is great for supplies!! I've placed many an order with them and I've always been pleased......most of the 2X2's in my little Fausti housing bag have come from Wizard.

Mike and I PMed about it....he's got a Large Date. But I'm going to post a picture up that I sent him that may help other members which illustrates how my old boss at the coin shop showed me how to tell the difference. It's not my picture, by the way, but it's credited on the corner: The way my boss taught me was that the inner serif of the 9 on the Small Date points toward the middle of the 7 while the inner serif of the 9 on the Large Date points toward the tail of the 7. Also, the inner serif of the 9 on the Small Date in pointed while it's blunt on the Large Date. Like my boss told me "people get so stuck looking at that 7 when they really need to be looking at the 9". Once I knew that, it clicked immediately and I've been able to tell them on sight ever since.

It looks like the identity of your mysterious competitor has finally been revealed, William!!! Xan's fighting you in your arena, to make a reference to my dearest Faustina. But in all seriousness, there seems to be more activity in many areas of the World Coin Registry than there were in previous years. I know that there are more players in the Ottoman Nickel Para sets that I used to compete it. I keep my sets up there for posterity even though I'm officially retired from competitive collecting (and Ottoman coinage) and I do check those areas of the Registry out from time to time......though I'm not tempted to get back into that arena again. It's been interesting to see more activity in those areas and it's interesting to see it in your area of specialty as well. I wonder what's driving it.....but I think it's wonderful to see people pursuing more diverse collecting interest than they used to. For the record, I'll always be cheering for Team William in the Zimbabwe arena!!! ~Tom

Yep. It's official....the boards' resident Faustina the Younger guy inflicted some ownage on himself with some snark about a U.S. coin holder related topic That's okay though....if I learn something from it, I'm totally not embarrassed and find value in the experience.

I'm going to wait for JKK on this one Andrew.....he's much better at Constantinian bronzes than I, and I freely admit that.

You'll have gotten a screaming deal if you get a 43/2 in MS for $32!! It's hard, but with some cherry picking you may be able to do it. When I was working at the coin shop, I did manage to find about three of them in circulated grades in our junk silver, but those are long gone now. I've never been able to cherry one in mint state though....but, hey, challenges can be fun!! Maybe you'll do it!! And you've gotten your 1943-D out of the way, which is good. That's the toughest business strike to find nice, if I'm remembering correctly. I know you said it's a poor man's set, but have you given thought to adding the 1942-P Proof? They're not too bad price-wise in lower grades.