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Pillar of the Community
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The Brits have pennies, we have cents. Lol. Penny is used here by most. People that work where gold plating is done often throw coins in.
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You can tell the quarter was plated after it left the mint because the scratches are plated. George looks like he's enjoying a smoke.
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Lol your too funny CoinMasters. Made me laugh so hard, I needed that tonight lol.
It's pretty awesome though finding this one. Very different from what I'm used to finding. I'll have to get a scale one of these
days.
Thankyou all of you, I found this one very interesting learning experience. Honestly when I first
asked I thought one of you were going to tell me it was a Chuckie cheese coin
or something lol.
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Pillar of the Community
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A scale is a great thing to have, whether you collect or not.
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Thank you. I bought one back some time ago
but it didn't seem to really work that good so I returned
It. I'll have to look around for another one.
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Pillar of the Community
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I've found modern Zincolns to vary between a golden color to brilliant red. I posted a topic many moons ago as to which type collectors prefer. (See here) The overwhelming majority were in the "Don't collect Zincolns" category and the rest preferred red. |
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My scale was about $12 on Amazon. Measures to the hundredth of a gram, and very accurate. The only downside is the max capacity- 100 g. |
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I doubt you will want to pay the price for a scale that can tell the difference between a brass plated and a copper plated cent. I don't think there will be a difference in weight.The only way to truly know if it is a brass plate is to find it in an uncirculated roll and not in circulation. John1  |
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I notice that, on weighing cents minted after 1982, there will be up to 0.04 g variation in the weight and even more. I do not think that it is possible to tell anything at all from these very small variations.
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Pillar of the Community
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This can also be done by a yellow sharpie
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Thank you all of you for the information on this one,
it's been a learning experience and pretty fascinating
as I'm reading through all these. Thank you!
John 1 I wanted to ask you, so you can't find a brass plated
in a circulated roll? Or am I misunderstanding something?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I've found them before:   They stand out like a sore thumb in a batch of circulated cents. If they are very shiny, then I would suspect a coin was gold plated. I did note on the example posted, the rims are copper colored. But with circulation, I could see how that area would thin first. Edited by coop
11/15/2015 12:28 pm
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John 1 I wanted to ask you, so you can't find a brass plated
in a circulated roll? Or am I misunderstanding something? He meant that in an uncirculated roll, you know it has to be brass plated since no one would have been able to alter it outside the mint. In a circulated roll, it's passed through many people's hands already, so it could have been altered. |
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Numisma has it right. It could even tone that yellow color. The only way to get one that is "genuine" is from an uncirculated roll yourself,a slabbed one or from a reputable dealer. John1 Edited by John1
11/15/2015 3:28 pm
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Thank you Coop, Numisma and John1.
So basically you guys feel it's one of the
experiment pieces as shown in the video?
Copper penny into brass plated to gold plated?
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