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Bedrock of the Community
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Big Tree Company in China sold 1974 aluminum cents on ebay. Here is a pic from from their website back then:  I hope yours is real. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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More pics of the fake:   How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 Not Al. |
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New Member
 United States
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Questions: Do I have Bronze-Clad Steel? I've read that it's also illegal to won and that many were destroyed....Are they worth anything as well?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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a. If its real this would be one of the biggest finds in the lincoln series ever.
b. the 1974 aluminum were supposed to have all been destroyed and are considered government property and subject to seizure and possibley destruction.(as far as I know they have not and dont currently plan on melting down the 1933 st gaudens double eagles, so its hard to say if they would destroy this one.) so dont send it to the secret service for authentification if their is evidence strong enough to think it might be real.
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Moderator
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Do I have Bronze-Clad Steel? No. Bronze-clad steel would look like an ordinary bronze coin (except for the edge), but it would stick to a magnet. Your coin looks greyish, and I doubt it sticks to a magnet. I suspect it's a perfectly ordinary bronze 1974 1 cent coin that's been zinc-plated post-mint. I own an Australian bronze 2 cent coin that my dad zinc-plated as part of a chemistry demonstration. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sorry, post mint damage, not Al.
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Forum Dad
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the 1974 aluminum were supposed to have all been destroyed and are considered government property and subject to seizure and possibley destruction.(as far as I know they have not and dont currently plan on melting down the 1933 st gaudens double eagles, so its hard to say if they would destroy this one.) so dont send it to the secret service for authentification if their is evidence strong enough to think it might be real.  http://www.coincommunity.com/us_sma...ial_cent.asp |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's a picture of the one they have displayed at the Smithsonian Museum in D.C.:  |
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Valued Member
United States
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It cant be aluminium because of the weight looks to be either zinc or silver plated. To test for aluminium drop a dilute sodium hydroxide solution on it, it will bubble hydrogen gas if aluminium. To test for zinc drop dilute hydrochloric acid on it, it will bubble hydrogen gas. Silver will not release a gas with either. Granted these tests are somewhat destructive.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What about the rim? maybe get a photo of that too? I'm not sure what it is..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know that at least one exists thats not in government hands. I consider it one of the most important coins there are. if I remember correctly the guy who first owned that was a police/security officer who got it after a congressman dropped it and he tried to return it but the congressmen thought it was a dime so he told him to keep it.
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03/09/2013 04:36 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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An aluminum cent would be verrrry light feeling in comparison to a "regular" cent. It'd probably make you think of play money. I'm going with some kind of post-mint application of something to make it look this way. My bet is on zinc coating.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just looks corroded to me but you would have to weigh it to be for sure.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bronze clad steel would probably weigh somewhere between 2.5 and 3 grams, yours is still too heavy, and the clad steel would be strongly magnetic as well. I'd say you just have a regular cent with environmental damage. It may have even been plated by someone before it was damaged by the environment.
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Posted 03/07/2013 9:36 pm
