Steel Penny TID

[grrrldoc]

Has anyone dug a steel penny using GoneHunting's Combined program? Any idea where it hits on the TID?

Thanks!

 

[Larry (IL)]

I have never used his "program", but the steel cents I have found, ID as iron as they should. The only reason I found them is because they were in a pocket spill with other coins.

 

[banditicey]

I just Found One and it came in like 12-35 but deep So I Dig

 

[KinTN]

Did you find it in the desert? I would have thought that any moisture at all and it would be a lump of rust. I haven't seen one in circulation since the early 60s or so.

 

[INSAYN]

I got one just recently in change at my local Goodwill. Never actually seen one prior to that. So, I put it in a coin flip and added it to my coin collection. It only had minor corrosion near the edge.

 

[banditicey]

Here is the picture of the front and back of the Steel Penny I found

I did not fully realize what it was that I initially found except that the edge shined in the sunlight so at first
I thought I had a Silver and was confused

It was only later when I went over my Finds that I realized I found a Steel Penny and was Shocked

As you all I expected to see a Steel Penny as rusty and not readable so my theory is that it was recently dropped





HH

 

[C&RHunter]

The only steel cent that I have recovered was a heavily rusted"slug" mixed in with 2 or 3 early 1940s pennys. That is the only reason that I knew what it was.

 

[laplander]

I checked several of my steels out of my collection and the hit lower right in all metal 35-44 these coins are not dug and have no corrosion. I have never dug one I could positively ID

 

[Johnnyanglo]

Steel war cent: 35Fe / 38-43Co

Hard to find since they can appear like worthless iron.