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Rest in Peace
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I would not want to handle it if it were coated in mercury.
It could be the plating was stripped or it could be an unplated planchet?
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Valued Member
United States
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Drop it, if the tone differs in comparison with an ordinary copper penny, speculate it. If the tone is the same, well there you go. To tell if it's silver, drop something that's silver, it'll have a higher more sexier pitch.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Couldn't be unplated, we didn't start using copper-over zinc until 1982
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Canada
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it'll have a higher more sexier pitch. LOL, sexier pitch  |
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United States
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That "sexier pitch" comment made my day!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's most likely coated in mercury. mercury [hg] is liquid at room temperature. Probably zinc plated |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Interesting point!
I have quite a few coins that are plated with some sort of white metal, and I am sure that the surfaces are not mercury.
When I was a kid I had a lot of fun rubbing mercury on copper coins. That was before I contracted Minimata Disease! (not really)!
Actually, I don't think I have lost all of my mental marbles quite yet.
Seriously though, Mercury does not have any safe lower limit of exposure. I had no idea of that as a kid. I am well over 60 years old now. Fortunately, I don't seem to be affected.
Either way, if the coin is plated or has had mercury rubbed on, the ring tone when dropped should not be affected.
I don't ring when I am dropped. I yell! Coins DON'T yell.
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New Member
 United States
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it weighs 3.09 grams so its plated I'm guessing or coated
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ah yes, I totally forgot that in High School chemistry we made gold and silver pennies. Of course, me being me, I took wheat pennies with me to class that day. And then I spent them. Would be too cool if one showed up on the forum, |
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United States
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I have one also it's a 1975D it weights 3.25. Don't think it's mercury however I've turned alt of copper to silver and gold. Sodium hydroxide and zink when boiled with copper the zink bonds to the copper making it appear silver then when heated with a flame will turn it bronze appears as gold this Is not zink. Whatever it is. It's shiny lol.
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Moderator
 United States
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Not Mercury on this one - the color is off and has no luster. I'd say it was chemically altered since no extra weight was added to it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Holly cats. Resurrecting a 11-year-old post. That has to be some kind of record.  |
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United States
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Plated=intentional post mint damage,  |
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