Comments on: NGC Certifies Rare 1943 Copper Cent Found in Gumball Machine https://www.coinnews.net/2019/02/25/ngc-certifies-rare-1943-copper-cent-found-in-gumball-machine/ CoinNews delivers the latest World and US coin news Wed, 27 Feb 2019 04:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Munzen https://www.coinnews.net/2019/02/25/ngc-certifies-rare-1943-copper-cent-found-in-gumball-machine/#comment-437257 Wed, 27 Feb 2019 04:18:52 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=70710#comment-437257 In reply to David OBrien.

That’s always possible, but if so why didn’t they keep the coins rather than letting them slip into circulation? Unless of course it was a pure prank and no one expected the coins to become superstars.

]]> By: David OBrien https://www.coinnews.net/2019/02/25/ngc-certifies-rare-1943-copper-cent-found-in-gumball-machine/#comment-437034 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:01:30 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=70710#comment-437034 I still believe these coins were deliberate, not accidental. Same as the 1944 steel cents. Some workers had their heads screwed on straight and messed with the US Mint.

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