1943 No Mint Mark Copper wheat penny?

[rramirez3652018]

 

[martink004]

Have you put the coin on a scale yet. Should weigh 3.1 grams or close to it. Becareful china makes some good fakes now days. If you get the proper weight send it in to certify it. Ken

[Richie_M]

On 3/26/2018 at 12:52 PM, rramirez3652018 said:

 

 

[Richie_M]

i seen this coin on etsy ....???? it has the same exact lines and wear as the one on etsy for sale for $14 https://www.etsy.com/listing/598768397/1943-copper-penny-lincoln-wheat-cent?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=1943 COPPER&ref=sr_gallery-1-1

[Just Bob]

From his web page:

"100% Copper collectors later made restrike repro piece."

That means that these are fake. And possibly illegal. Definitely intended to deceive, regardless of what the seller might say.

 

[1943 coin]

Sir so did they grade the coin or was it a counterfiet...cause i have exectly the same coin...lines near IN ` in god we trust...`

 

[1943 coin]

On 3/26/2018 at 9:52 PM, rramirez3652018 said:

 

Please see my post as i have exect same coin just answer here ...was it a counterfiet or did they grade the coin. As its also non magnatic and weighs 3.11 grams

 

[Mohawk]

On ‎3‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 2:08 PM, Richie_M said:

i seen this coin on etsy ....???? it has the same exact lines and wear as the one on etsy for sale for $14 https://www.etsy.com/listing/598768397/1943-copper-penny-lincoln-wheat-cent?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=1943 COPPER&ref=sr_gallery-1-1

Freakin' Etsy again!  That place is turning into the numismatic sewer of the internet!!  It's a fake, a somewhat deceptive fake because of the weight, but a fake nonetheless and likely illegal as Bob said.  There are some very deceptive fakes of all sorts of coins coming out of China and elsewhere these days, and many of them end up on Etsy.  The fact that there are exact duplicates of an extremely rare coin that are found so easily is a huge red flag.  Please, everyone, when it comes to coins, just stay off of Etsy.......you'll save yourself a lot of trouble!

[Just Bob]

18 minutes ago, Mohawk said:

Please, everyone, when it comes to coins, just stay off of Etsy.......you'll save yourself a lot of trouble!

Just want to isolate and repeat this for future readers of this thread.

[Mohawk]

3 minutes ago, Just Bob said:

Just want to isolate and repeat this for future readers of this thread.

Thanks Bob!  I wish there was a way to post a huge cyber-billboard of this!

[DWLange]

Perhaps someone should re-post it to the Counterfeit Forum.