1943 bronze? Is this the real thing🤯 0

[Equalibrium]

Found this rare coin yesterday in change. Is it the one?

[Woods020]

The 3 looks altered to me

[Coinbuf]

It looks like a Chinese fake from the photos. 

[Woods020]

Are you saying you found more than one? You have a 43s and a 43 in the pictures. Are you saying you happened to find both of these? And looking at the pictures it looks like possible 3 different coins. There appears to the two 43 and the 43s. 

Edited June 7, 2021 by Woods020

[Fenntucky Mike]

Looks to be a cheap fake.

[JT2]

just junk 

[Oldhoopster]

I agree with it being a Chinese fake.  Look at the rims and the big divot in STATES for starters

[Mr.Bill347]

Attached is a picture of the real thing from GREYSHEET

https://www.greysheet.com/news/story/the-mystique-of-the-1943-bronze-cent-spans-time

According to population reports, the total number of 1943 bronze cents from all three domestic United States Mint facilities operating during the time number approximately 20. There are 10 to 12 known specimens from the Philadelphia Mint, six from the San Francisco Mint, and single-known example from the Denver Mint. 

I'm Skeptical, Your appears way too light compared to the actual coin.

 

[RWB]

Correction: "You found a counterfeit coin in change yesterday."

No value except to have been exposed to the depth of human deceit, dishonesty and lies.

[J P M]

12 hours ago, RWB said:

Correction: "You found a counterfeit coin in change yesterday."

No value except to have been exposed to the depth of human deceit, dishonesty and lies.

It looks like it may have been a 1948 at one time down the road.

[Conder101]

As others have said this is a Chinese counterfeit.

[Hoghead515]

I spotted it soon as I saw it. You can tell that one is a bad fake. 

[DWLange]

It's not an alteration from 1948. It's an outright counterfeit of a 1943.