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Coin Date: 1943-PDS Set Denomination (Short): 1c Denomination (Long): One Cent Variety: Steel Cents Variety 2: 3 Coins Desg: MS Composition: Zinc coated Steel Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Lincoln Cent Coinage Years: 1943 Diameter: 19 Weight (Grams): 2.7 Weight (Ounces): 0.095 Designer: Victor D. Brenner Edge: Plain Obverse Description: Bust of Abraham Lincoln framed by IN GOD WE TRUST on the top periphery. The word LIBERTY to the left of the portrait and the date and mintmark (If any) positioned on the right side. Reverse Description: Wheat ears flanking the words ONE CENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The motto E PLURIBUS UNUM on the top perimeter. General Notes:
Sets of 1943 steel cents containing one example each of the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mint issues are popular offerings among coin collectors and non-collectors alike. There is a difference between the types of sets commonly sold to non-collectors versus those who are more diehard numismatists.
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Sets marketed to coin collectors normally contain original-quality examples in lightly circulated or uncirculated condition. However, many of the sets sold via magazine or newspaper inserts to the general public contain so-called reprocessed cents, which are typically circulated examples that have been stripped of their original zinc coating and recoated. While reprocessed cents may appear new to the untrained eye, most collectors classify such pieces as altered and thus of little numismatic value. Most 1943 cents are common through the Gem Uncirculated grades, though they are tougher to find in grades above MS67.
