Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

Hi, Scott --

This is unfortunately not a 1943 copper cent. Compare a 1943 steel cent and this piece side-by-side and you'll see that several design elements in the date numerals don't match up. Namely, there is no tail on the fourth digit where the "3" would be; 1943 Lincoln cents, both steel and bronze, share the similar long-tail "3" style, and on your piece the fourth digit is very compact. The third digit, meanwhile, is a "1." Upon careful zooming, this actually looks like a 1918-D Lincoln cent. In this condition, it would be worth somewhere around 5, maybe 10 cents.

Best wishes,
Josh