Moxie15

this not a 1943 bronze cent. No one would ever buy it as such without TPG certification, and that is unlikely. The coin shows a lot of wear and evidence of weak strike or grease filled die. It is a well worn wheat cent worth 2 or 3 cents,sorry.

there is also one with a guillotine

it does not look like a DDO to me. I will wait for someone more knowledgeable than I to say it is die deterioration.

what do you think you have there?

it could have, Do you think it is damage, Bob?

The lack of zinc showing has me wondering if it is a strike through. Is rhe bottom rounded or sharp?

I do not think that the "L" matches. Is your coin the one in a holder?

That is an interesting coin. You can see it, so tell us... 1. Is it into the coin or raised above it? 2. what do you think could have made the mark? Edited for typoing...again

Well, damn, I failed another quiz. I have never gotten one of your quizzes on the first try. Ready for the next one!!

I do not understand how you can say that. We have been told that they are all United States coins, We have been told that only one coin is genuine Unless you have never seen a raw US coin you should be able to make an educated guess. You lose nothing if you are wrong, gain nothing if you are right, all you get is a little more knowledge at the end.

I am assuming that all coins are US coins (or facsimiles thereof) 1. The reeding is evenly spaced and clean bumps,humps, and scratches. The reeds are spaced very far apart. I am not aware of any US coins that have reeding that matches this. 2. The reeding is shallow, ill defined and rife with lines that look like file lines. 3. The reeds are not even and show extreme inconsistency in shape, form, width and depth with many unilateral lines and scratches 4. The depth looks to be consistent and fairly clean the reeds are not all exactly the same width. This looks much like the reeding I have seen on quarters. 5. The reeds are overly narrow and wide spaced. The Valleys between the reeds look to be deeper in the center than on the ends as if cut with a wheel such as a Dremel cutting wheel. 6. Every cast coin I have seen has an appearance like this. I think number 4 is the only genuine edge.

I wish my wife would insult me like that more often, especially in the car.

Many times I take the advice of the Dali Lama "Sometimes silence is the best answer."

is there an answer??

Get the latest edition if you can afford it. I know they have risen quickly lately. If you are going to look for varieties you need the book. If you read it, heed it, and use it you will understand what you are looking for then you will have much more fun and a good idea of what is what.

Have you checked out The Cherry Picker's guide?

I about choked on this one https://nh.craigslist.org/atq/d/amherst-1956-wheat-head-penny/7181302327.html EDIT: If anyone can post just a picture of this without the link it would be appreciated Thanks

just curious as to who these two trolls might be

thanks for this post RWB. I want to scream every time i see someone post that gold is 'real' money. Gold, like fiat money only has value because we all agree it does. In fact there have been times when gold was not as highly prized as other metals, in ancient Egypt Silver was more valuable than gold as it was much harder to get. Iron was more valuable for much of pre history. Aluminium was twice the value of gold in the 18th and early 19th century.

I just did a quick look up for 1850 wages in my state of NH A farm worker averaged $12.12 per month with board, A day laborer without board made $0.89 per day a carpenter without board $1.41 per day. So the need of $5 $10 or $20 coins or bills was minimal at best for the general population. I would imagine after paying housing and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker one would be very lucky to have $.50 left from a week's wage.

uhmm yes? I came here actually looking for Roger, but I haven't seen that blasted rabbit anywhere. I started at CCF but soon found that forum tiresome. Then I looked into ATS. After a while, actually a rather short time, it became obvious that if you were not a PCGS and CAC lover you were in for a tough ride, but that was almost expected. At least here threads do not get closed or disappear every time I turn around and half the posters get banned or 'time out' at a drop of a hat.

DNC is likely a code the shop owner or previous owner uses.

I am sticking with my original thought that it is PMD from a coin counter roller

as you listed PMD as one cause I am going to say 1, PMD 2. A rough spot on a draw out roller that sizes the metal to the final thickness (if it was an earlier stage roller the lines would be flattened out by the latter rollers) 3. the collar did not fully recede before the ejector mechanism pushed the coin out of the striking position so the coin slid across it 4. the feeder finger slid across the top of the planchet 5. a rough spot on the riddler (they are riddled somewhere along the line, aren't they?)

At this time there is almost no way to say How rare they are or How much they are worth as no one knows how many there will be or much they are wanted by collectors. Personally I would not pay for one with your money if I had a grudge against you.