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I found one of these too in circulation. Oddly it is also a 1985 D. Also nonmagnetic. Under magnification there are little blebs and streaks of silver colored metal on top of the struck design. It looks thinner than an ordinary cent so does not appear to have been plated which would make it thicker. A possible explanation is the copper was intentionally removed using electrolysis causing some zinc to redeposit on the face of the coin - presuming electrolysis would work that way!
Either that or three people finding specifically 1985 D pennies indicates something else is going on. That said the latter two of us probably searched on 1985 D pennies and got dropped right on this page while people with similar pennies of other years and mints did not.
In any case I'll probably wonder about it for the rest of my life and when I die someone going through my stuff can find it and take over. =)
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01/25/2020 04:57 am
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to CCF gphx. John1  |
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I also have the same coin
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Toner23, to CCF.. As already stated, it is not an error coin. If not environmental damage,someone did it on purpose and used the same date coins. John1 |
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 Just found this penny roll hunting in NM. |
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I dont believe it's someone tampering with coloring its gotta be a mint error... I today received a 1985 D mint mark Lincoln Penny that is gray and weighs 2.5 gs. I'd post a pic of it but I cant figure out the photo editor for file sizing. As soon as I figure it out I'll post the pics!  |
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to CCF. Normal weight is 2.5 grams for a copper plated zinc core cent, +/- .10 mint tolerance. If it was missing the copper plating it would weight less. John1 |
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to the CCF! Here's what you would expect a 1985-D with no copper plating to look like. You can still see the mint luster on this one.  The dark color on the coins posted here shows what you would expect from chemical removal of the plating as it continued to damage and dull the surfaces of the zinc core of the coin. Edits: Spelling and such. Sorry, it's too early.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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its gotta be a mint error.. Famous last words. The dull grey colour is a dead give away that the cooper coating has environmentally striped away leaving the zinc core exposed. We see these all the time, especially metal detector finds or chemistry class experiments. no mint errors here, just post mint damage. |
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Can someone explain why this is the third 1985-D penny I have seen exactly like this one? Someone asked me to find out if it was worth anything, I looked online but couldn't find out much, then I saw one for sale, and now this one. I haven't run across any different dates with this feature, but have seen 3 exactly alike.
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I have seen and read about some poorly minted coins where the copper did not plate well and those coins should not have left the mint. They could be plentiful enough where values are only in the $10 - $100 range depending on the amount of copper or maybe the general public does not "like" them enough to spend more.
I recently graded such a coin for a client and referred him elsewhere for a second opinion. There were no real signs of removing copper since the features were rather well struck and appeared never to have been completely covered (<10%)- no evidence of environmental damage. Having said that the plating problems seem to have been with early issues in the first year or two at most. I would be a little suspicious of later coins without copper. I would suspect that the mint would have long noticed problems by 1985 and worked on a resolution with a goal not to knowingly release Zincolns without proper plating. I would expect surfaces to be in better condition before plating, too, that what the photo shows.
For what it's worth...
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