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1943 Lincoln Wheat Cent copper?
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Hi everyone i am new to the Numismatic, i got this one bank roll hunting still debating on it. I used a clear digital magnifying glass to have a closer look it appears to look like a 1943. Your thoughts on this will be appreciated. Thank you. On one of the pictures I outlined of what it appears to resemble 1943. 

 

 

 

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Welcome to the forum, unfortunately you do not have a mega valuable 1943 copper coin, the coin you have has significant post mint damage (also known as PMD).  the last two numerals are much too close together and the metal to make that numeral which has been moved as much as this could never retain or resemble its original shape.  Impossible to say what date it was when it left the mint but certainly not 1943.  It may have been created in an attempt to fool someone into thinking its something its not, or the sands of time have just been ever so harsh on this coin, we will never know how it came to look like this.

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I don't believe that coin was damaged. It appears to be one of the many cents of the 1910s and 1920s that were coined from severely worn dies. The final two numerals of the date were among the features that disappeared soonest. I can't quite tell whether it has V.D.B. on the truncation of Lincoln's bust, but if it's lacking then the coin was made prior to 1918.

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