Today I pulled out my "Illuminati" acrylic to feature another coin. This time, it's a shiny 1943 steel penny. It looks like silver at first glance, but it's definitely steel. Copper was being used for shell casings during WW2 and STEEL production was ramping up, so rather than using copper, they used steel.
It's really shocking to see a silvery penny among normal pennies, especially when they're in such good condition. I tried to capture the SILVER color, but my camera gave it this golden tone. I tried adjusting the colors to better match reality.
I'm fond of this design coin. Older pennies had a deeper press especially the obverse with Lincoln. New pennies are flat by comparison.
The detail shows up much better in the un-edited version. But also has a golden color.
It's a joy to share this shiny shiny with the #SSG and #HIVE community!
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What a beautiful coin, what I like the most, is the word Liberty that I like so much.
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A fascinating piece of history.
Your effort to capture its true color sounds like a fun challenge, sometimes cameras just don't do justice to the real thing.
Thanks for sharing this, it's always cool to learn about these little glimpses into the past.
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I do recall having a few of these steel US pennies but not very shiny. I have a dual setting light LED 6W bulbs that can be set on either warn or cool settings, the warm tends to produce a golden hue, I'd try the cool setting for a more neutral lighting.
Steel is a very interesting material to use for a coin. Does the coin bend xD ?
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Nice penny! That reminds me, we found and saved a large handfull of wheat pennies once. I have to find them again tho... they are stored away in our house somewhere but where is the question!
I wanted our boy to learn the value of selling things for a profit, things that otherwise would be passed around as a penny in this case. I wanted him to learn to observe the world around us and not only see oportunities when they pass by but to also catch them!
Thanmks for the inspiration to do so again!
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It's very beautiful and shiny, had no idea they made coins out of Steel
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Nice collection and those are still in good condition despite their age.
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Well for being made of this material it looks very good, well you say it is in very good condition, when I saw it I thought it was gold, now I see everything in this color hahaha, it must be my subconscious always thinking of gold, well it is the setting of your camera.
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Interesting Coin's Mate 🙂