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Saul Teichman
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1943 Copper Cents

This listing is mostly from Heritage and Ron Guth with additions / corrections by me.

1) PCGS63RED 91.7% copper, 7.5% zinc, 0.8% silver. Americana Sale (Stack's Bowers, 1/2013), lot 13258, realized $164,500.

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2) PCGS62BN. Found in circulation by Marvin Beyer, Jr., age 14, around 1957; ANA Convention Sale (Abe Kosoff, 1958), withdrawn; reportedly sold to the Greer Company of Los Angeles for $40,000 in 1959; Pre-Long Beach Sale (Superior, 10/2000), lot 4146, as MS61 ANACS, $60,375; Benson Part II (Goldberg Auctions, 2/2003), lot 148 as MS61 Brown PCGS, $97,750 (certification #50035361); subsequently graded MS62 Brown PCGS Secure; Bob Simpson (9/2012); Bob R. Simpson Part IV (Heritage, 2/2021), lot 3008, realized $372,000. Beautiful blue-brown surfaces with generous luster, softly struck on Lincoln's beard and coat. Certification #40273606. Pictured on PCGS CoinFacts.

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3) MS62 Brown. CAC. Albert Michael Pratt; ANA Signature (Heritage, 8/2017), lot 3899; Heritage 4/2021, lot 5001, realized $348,000. Formerly in an NGC holder, certification #2067200-002. An attractive walnut-brown specimen with a tick over the 4 in the date.

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4) NGC61BN. Albert Michael Pratt; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2018), lot 4763. Certification #2067200-001. Reddish-brown and steel patina, with a large obverse die break on the rim at 6 o'clock.

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5) PCGS61RB. Legend 3/20 lot 167 not sold - "James Schirrippa," per PCGS CoinFacts.

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6) PCGS61BN: High Desert

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7) PCGSAUS58BN. According to a photo (page 322, #8) in the 1996 Wexler-Flynn Lincoln cent Authoritative Reference, this coin was earlier certified by ANAAB with certificate #FD0251. Bob Simpson; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2016), lot 5266, realized $305,500. PCGS certification #25510132.

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8) PCGSAU58BN. Kiev (Heritage 1/2010 FUN, lot 2444, realized $218,500.

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9) PCGSAUS55BN. Americana Sale (Stack's Bowers, 1/2013), lot 13257, brought $317,250; Regency Auction (Legend-Morphy, 5/2014), lot 12, realized $329,000; Bruce S. Sherman (Heritage 4/2025), lot 3018, realized $312,000. Currently in the Numism1 Set Registry inventory at PCGS and contained in the Hoiner 100 Greatest U.S. Coins Registry Set. Well-struck overall with medium milk-chocolate surfaces, small flecks at bottom of coat (below 1) and front of Lincoln's head above the eyebrow. Weakness shows on O(NE) and AM(ERICA). Certification #26441689.

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10) PCGSAU55BN. Donald G. Partrick (Heritage 4/2021), lot 3068 (as AU55 NGC), realized $240,000, Whispering Pines (Heritage 1/25 FUN), lot 4631, realized $264,000.

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11) NGCAUS53BN. Discovered in a school cafeteria in 1947 by Don Lutes, Jr; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2019), lot 4362, realized $204,000. Certification #4629671-001. Pictured on NGC Coin Explorer. Lightly worn olive-brown example with a short horizontal gouge below the 3 in the date.

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12) PCGSAU50BN. Schwenk Family (Heritage 1/23 FUN), lot 3648, realized $240,000.

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13) PCGSAU50. Heritage 7/2022, lot 3025, realized $336,000.

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14) PCGSXF45BN. Summer FUN Signature (Heritage, 7/2019), lot 3012. Sandy-tan example with a few scattered marks. Softly struck on 43 in the date. Photo on PCGS CoinFacts. Certification #37650115.

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15) PCGSXF45BN PQ. CAC. Pre-Long Beach Sale (Ira and Larry Goldberg, 2/2017), lot 756. Not identified by certification number.

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16) XF, Damaged. Heritage 8/1999 ANA, lot 5171.

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17) Genuine PCGS (XF Details, Scratched). A "teenaged newspaperboy"; bought at a Dearborn, Michigan, coin show around 1987; Goldberg Auctions (9/2007), lot 2462, brought $60,375. PCGS #21445581, no longer listed; Geyer Family (Heritage 11/2013), lot 3508, realized $88,125.

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Some unfortunate test cuts are made in the surfaces. Photographed as #4 in the Wexler-Flynn reference.



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