Every veteran of circulation finds dreamed of finding rarities in change. Some succeeded.
Among the coins dreamed about was the bronze 1943 cent error.
That was the year cents were made of zinc-coated steel to save copper for the war effort during World War II.
Numismatic Gauranty Corporation has slabbed the wrong-metal coin that got this particular dream started. Heritage will auction it later this year.
NGC put the name Don Lutes, Jr. on the label of the AU53 example that started it all.
This coin was the first discovery of a 1943 bronze cent from Philadelphia.
NGC dubs it the “King of Mint Errors” and relates its story below.
