FREE: (3) 1943 Steel Pennies PDS mints Rare

With four days left it will be interesteing to see where it goes.

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Ebay is a pain in the buttinsky ... I loved it for five years, and did pretty well, but when I moved 2.5 years ago I stopped and just haven't been able to make myself go back. Paypal can be an issue for sellers, if someone complains Paypal can back them up, take your money and there notta thing you can doaboutit. Happens a lot with buyers from certain countries overseas, so selling high-end items on ebay can be risky.

me too!!! (likes this place tooo mcu me thinks) LOL

Okay, I listed my only American coins and my Israel stuff tonigh. Let me know what you think ... and PLEASE let me know if they are not accurate so I can change them before I get locked in with bidders! Thanks so much ... coins are kinda fun (uh oh ...)

"The mints made an attempt to round up all the pennies and destory them, however some still are out there. "
completely untrue
the mint does not intend on destroying things on purpose. It costs more to destroy these coins then to not. The U.S mint is a business and it tries to make money. Steel coins were completely worthless then and are not in metallic melt value. It is true that the u.s mint buys coins from coinstar and other companies for face value in extreme bulk. Bins that coins hundreds of thousands of pennies. The mint then melts them down to make more coins. The mint focuses on melting the 95% cupric pennies primarily because the newer ones are not worth the time to melt. The U.S mint is responsible for supplies enough coinage to meet demands. don't get me wrong 1943 zinc coated steel penny is an interesting part of history , but millions were pulled out of circulation. they are extremely common among collectors.

Another question ... what's the best way to ship coins? Should I tape them (with painters tape) to a paper and just put them in a normal envelope? What do you do?

This auction is going great guns ... good luck, get lots of bids!

I would love to have these. will watch for now.

wow, just reading ya'll writings teach me so much more about coins......

Thanks for the shipping advice ... all of mine were in a ziplock bag, but now that I have them sorted I have them in mini bags. It would be okay to tape them down with painters tape when I ship them, wouldn't it? Painter's tape will unstick easily.

rofl telling me to research further rofl. your statement was 100% wrong and your telling me to fact check. Send me a respectable link that supports that. i'd like to see the mints secret plan to get rid of all the steel pennies. Google is not a source if you do research have a book or respectable source before questioning someone else. i wasn't being rude at first , but your response asked for it.

The painter's tape won't hurt the coins or the patina, so I think it would keep them from moving around in the envelope during shipping.

Just posted my Iran coins, my USSR coins and a Bulgaria coin ... and will post a few more tomorrow night. Check them out!

I have one, very neat coin..

i'll have to get it out later and check it out, i think it's a D.. very good condition.

No, sorry.. but if I happen to find another one, I'll let you know and put it up for bidding.

If you have any questions please ask.

Oh, LOL ... regarding the Hebrew, I could probably find someone to translate it for me. When looking at Israeli coins on ebay a lot of them aren't dated by the sellers. Maybe they don't even have dates on them! I dunno ...

I think that is true for most bidders/buyers. I am a former ebay seller and I know it's very important to give accurate descriptions. I also want people to understand that I do what I can to provide them, and will be a reliable person to deal with on Listia.

Just kidding. I hate to list anything I can't identify, because I know I'll get more credits if I can give a decent description. But identifying all those coins could really take over my life. They are fun, I can see why people love to collect them!

LOL ... nope, no church for me either! I'm just gonna put them on Listia. You can buy them and give as many as you want to the church ...

No, no world traveling for me! I bought them at an auction because I thought my kids would be interested in them. They kinda weren't ..but it's a big bag (about 1/3 full gallon ziplock) from all over the world, including many I can't identify. I will try to identify them before I post them, but I'm not sure I have that much time before I die!

I'm trying to look some of them up on ebay right now. The Isreali coins are MEGA cool, but are dated in Hebrew, I can't read them!

I just started taking photos. I have lots of 1956 wheat pennies, 1957 wheat pennies, and coins from Turkey, Israel and Sweden so far. I might go ahead and post those tonight.

Moz, I haven't posted anything yet. I'm running a bunch of other auctions, but will probably start posting coins next week. It takes a while to get them organized, photographed, etc., as I'm sure you know. Good luck with your auctions!

I have a couple of these. Its really uncommon, but you will occasionally see these in circulation. At first i thought it was just a wheat penny. But the year is 42 or 43 and its more of a silver color. My uncle got me into coin collecting so i knew to look at the year as well as other things. Sometimes if you're lucky you can find error coins, off center stamp and such things. I'm also very much interested in american history, so items like this are just cool to save for future generations to see.

Thanks! I just dug out a big bag of old foreign coins and sorted them to put on Listia. A lot of them are like pot metal, really lightweight. So, I've been browsing coin auctions on Listia to try to learn something and it's been kind of interesting. I can see why people get hooked on coins, the artwork on them is amazing!

How can you tell the difference between these and a copper penny? Are they lighter in weight?

Our history is fascinating and it is sad how often it's looked over!