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Is this scrap? or a very odd MM - 1983 ? ? ?

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joe finds
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Posted 11/07/2009 01:16 am

If this pict is good enough, there is an inprint into the face of the coin. And the same shapped peice is what? dono?

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jasper62
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Posted 11/07/2009 07:07 am

Looks like a die chip on the 8 and a smaller one on the 9.I'm just guessing.Is this the year they switched over to zinc?

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coop
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Posted 11/07/2009 07:25 am

I agree with Jasper. Just a die chip. The area under the chip could be just die wear in that area. Note the die flow lines on the date. The die flow lines cross over the die chip with the direction on the area SE of the chip. If it had been an errant mint mark, more of these would have been found and the shape is not the same as a mint mark. Just a die chip.

Richard S. Cooper

Edited by coop - 11/07/2009 07:26 am

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joe finds
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Posted 11/07/2009 12:46 pm

jasper62 - I have to say "Good form" on your response. For a copper 1983 is definatly good for me! ! so obvious that the point of interest kinda transparantly covered the obvious.thanks ! ! Oh yeah, it weighs 3.1 grams . . . . .

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John1
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Posted 11/07/2009 1:07 pm

A 1983 zincoln should weight 2.5 grams. A copper cent weighs 3.11.
John1

( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion )

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joe finds
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Posted 11/07/2009 1:13 pm

So that would be one hundredth of a gram more than my digital scale says it weighs?

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Posted 11/07/2009 1:56 pm

3.1g is definitely in the range. Using a good scale here, bronze cents usually weigh in between 3.06-3.17gr

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mikediamond
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Posted 11/07/2009 10:45 pm

If this really does weigh 3.1 grams, then you would appear have a transitional error -- a copper-alloy cent from a period when copper-plated zinc cents were the only ones supposed to be produced. It would be worth a few thousand dollars.

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joe finds
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Posted 11/08/2009 11:48 am

thanks mikeD. It has been sought after for some time.

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foundinrolls
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Posted 11/14/2009 12:25 am

I think the scale might be off. The bumps indicate to me , at least, the kind of corrosion that I would expect to see on a copper-plated zinc cent.

Can you post pictures of the entire obverse and reverse for us to see?

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joe finds
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Posted 11/15/2009 02:40 am

my ansewer to the last q is yes. but bare with me guys. Im the buissiest person you will ever hear from. I'll get lots up this week. I need my are & are tonight.

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