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El famoso Centavo:
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
(De acuerdo a los reportes: Solo existen 40 centavos de cobre, 39 de
ellos estan en posesion de coleccionistas, solo hay UNO extraviado. Si Ud cree tenerlo la
prueba es asi: los de metal HIERRO, FIERRO, O ACERO se pegan a un iman, el de cobre NO.)
el de valor debe de ser de COBRE.....
Pero aun asi, tenga mucho cuidado, porque hay companias que han
falsificado miles de replicas.
Observe bien el numero 3 en el aņo (1943)
fijese que el angulo sobrepasa el 4 hacia abajo, muchos estan borrando el
numero 8 para que parezca 3, y son falsos.
Solo los expertos podrian identificar la autenticidad de el famoso penny
porque hay detalles muy importantes que a veces a simple vista no se pueden detectar.
(AHORA EN INGLES)
How to tell if you are the lucky
owner
of a real 1943.
First, perform a magnet test to verify authenticity:
If
the magnet doesn’t attract the penny it’s possible
it’s made of copper.
Second, check the 3 in the “1943.” If the 3 extends
below the 4 then it’s the real deal. On the fakes (in which people scratch off the 8
in “1948” and make it a 3), the 3 is the same height as the 4.
Third,
don’t get too excited, just yet. Novelty companies made thousands of replicas, made
with steel and plated with copper. Contact a coin service and enlist its expertise in
verifying your good fortune. If you do own an authentic ‘43 copper cent, you may sell
it for a tidy sum, but you won’t necessarily be a half-millionaire.
The pennies have been auctioned off at $10,000 to $50,000 in the past. The ‘43
coppers are so valuable because few of them were produced during World
War II, when copper was in short supply and most pennies were made of steel. Only 15 of
the 1943-minted copper pennies have surfaced to date.
Ten minted in Philadelphia were brought for $10,000 to $25,000 each. Four minted in San
Francisco fetched $35,000 to $50,000 apiece. One minted in
Denver brought in $33,000. The Steel Cent
1943
Production of this
wartime cent was provided for in the Act approved December 12, 1942, which also set as the
expiration date of the authority December 18, 1946. Low grade carbon steel formed
the base, to which a zinc coating .005 inches thick was deposited on each side
electrolytically as a rust preventative. The same size was maintained but the weight was
reduced from the standard 48 grains to 42 grains, due to the use of a lighter alloy.
Operations commenced February 27, 1943, and by December 31st of that year the three Mints
then functioning had put out an almost record breaking number of cents, with the total
reaching 1,093,838,670 pieces. The copper released was enough to meet the combined needs
of two cruisers, two destroyers, 1242 flying fortresses, 120 field guns and 120 howitzers;
or enough for one and one-quarter million shells for our big field guns. On January 1,
1944, the Mints were able to adopt a modified alloy, the supply being derived from
expended shell casings which when melted furnished the composition similar to the original
but with only faint trace of tin, the 6 grains dropped from the total weight was restored. |
