Unique Bronze 1943 Penny to be sold in January Auction

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Unique Bronze 1943 Penny to be sold in January Auction

Postby CLINT-THE-GREAT » Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:57 am

http://www.pcgs.com/News/Unique-Bronze-1943-Cent-2013-New-York

Just seen this story. Wasn't there only a handful of Bronze Pennies actually minted in 1943? I thought I read that somewhere (coulda been Redbook)

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Re: Unique Bronze 1943 Penny to be sold in January Auction

Postby RichardPenny43 » Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:28 pm

Current bid is only $5,500 :o
There's another at $60,000 :shock:
Maybe I should bid so I can replace the one in my avitar :lol:
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Re: Unique Bronze 1943 Penny to be sold in January Auction

Postby Morsecode » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:59 pm

Ok, so it's the odd composition that sets this one apart...the 0.08% silver

Otherwise, it's just another run-of-the-mill '43 copper :clap: :angel: :D
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Re: Unique Bronze 1943 Penny to be sold in January Auction

Postby uthminsta » Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:58 pm

Morsecode wrote:just another run-of-the-mill '43 copper

Yeah, cause there were SO MANY of those! Wait...
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