Anybody collect coins?

**bogey1** · November 27th, 2023, 11:09 PM

My dad got this in his change a couple weeks ago. It's a zinc plated steel penny. Great condition.
He gave me a copper 1943 penny yesterday to look at. Ended up being a defaced 1948.

**ExFlyinguy** · November 28th, 2023, 12:57 AM

I think that I have a couple. The story I heard was copper was in short supply due to the bullet demands of WWII that they changed the composition of the penny?

**gghbi** · November 28th, 2023, 12:58 AM

Originally Posted by bogey1

My dad got this in his change a couple weeks ago. It's a zinc plated steel penny. Great condition.
He gave me a copper 1943 penny yesterday to look at. Ended up being a defaced 1948.

Bet that was good for a quick rush until you found out it was fake...

**bogey1** · November 28th, 2023, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by gghbi

Bet that was good for a quick rush until you found out it was fake...

Ive known about the penny for years, even dad said it might be a fake. I finally go to see it for myself. We dont have that type of luck in my family.
He does have a ton of coins that he's been collecting for years. I said dad, lets take them to the coin place up the street and cash them in,
you cant take them with you, and us kids would rather see you with the money so you can enjoy the rest of your life.
He'll never do it, just like the 62 metropolitian in his garage since 1970 that he said he was going to sell.

**Walleye Hunter** · November 28th, 2023, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by bogey1

Ive known about the penny for years, even dad said it might be a fake. I finally go to see it for myself. We dont have that type of luck in my family.
He does have a ton of coins that he's been collecting for years. I said dad, lets take them to the coin place up the street and cash them in,
you cant take them with you, and us kids would rather see you with the money so you can enjoy the rest of your life.
He'll never do it, just like the 62 metropolitian in his garage since 1970 that he said he was going to sell.

Me neither so I always presume the worst.

**father-of-five** · November 28th, 2023, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by ExFlyinguy

I think that I have a couple. The story I heard was copper was in short supply due to the bullet demands of WWII that they changed the composition of the penny?

Yes. And they made nickels with a silver blend in 1945 to save nickel.

**father-of-five** · November 28th, 2023, 10:37 AM

A 1948 penny should be copper, unless someone added a custom coating.

**Roadking** · November 28th, 2023, 11:24 AM

Been collecting coins for over 45 years. A copper 1943 penny does exist, but rare as all get out. 1909 S VDB is needed for every collector.

**archie19** · November 28th, 2023, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by father-of-five

Yes. And they made nickels with a silver blend in 1945 to save nickel.

I think it was 43-45 nickels had a 45% silver content...

**Frizratz** · November 28th, 2023, 05:09 PM

In cleaning out my Dad's stuff after he passed, we found an old cast coin bank.
It was a replica of the Liberty Bell.
It had quite a few pennies in it.
I think the pennies added up to about $ 1.25.
After sorting them and writing all the dates down and going through the web to get the values we ended up with a windfall total of about $ 1.30.

Later my Mom quietly gave me two gold coins she had stashed away somewhere.
They were from a Vegas casino !!