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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The replated one is on the left, I'm guessing.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I am also going with the coin on the right, as being reprocessed
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Pillar of the Community
United States
968 Posts |
Yes, sorry, I should have made that clear. The right side is replated. It has a yellow tinge and the details aren't quite as sharp. If you look at the last "t" in Trust you can see it isn't very sharp on the right one. I bought the one on the left from a CCF member several years ago. Forget who, but I remember him being trustworthy enough based on his posts to feel confident I was getting the real thing after being tricked on ebay by the one on the right. Edited by Saruma
08/10/2016 7:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You can fairly clearly see that the right hand one has had some wear, although not that much.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Not sure why so many dislike those. If done properly, and in a high grade, looks almost like what the Mint produced. Remember they too plated them. They were not born that way. I have over 4,000 of those Steel Cents. Over the years I have tried to accumulate rolls of each type of plated ones. Some are Zinc plated, some are Chromed, some are Tinned. The Chromed ones are the hardest to find. Wish I could find more of those. I've got several rolls of the Zinc plated ones and several rolls of the original ones. I've shown some of the better Zinc plated ones to many dealers and they couldn't tell. All thought they were original. ORIGINAL? As I said remember that the Mint originally plated them. They were not made with Zinc coatings. They were plated.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Remember they too plated them. They were not born that way. No they WERE born that way. The strip was plated. So the blanks punched from the strip were already plated and when the cents were born (struck) they came out of the coining chamber already plated. That's why the edges of the coins show the different layers of metal. The mint did NOT plate the struck cents and they WERE made with zinc coatings. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 w/ Conder. That is my understanding of how the coins were produced (planchets punched from a zinc-plated sheet then struck into coins, thus showing bare steel on the edges). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3644 Posts |
Learn something new everyday...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7621 Posts |
Original uncirculated steel cents have a frosty, almost matte-like finish.
Stripped and replated steel cents have an almost mirror or semi proof-like finish. Sometimes they end up having a bluish tint when held at an angle.
Back in the old days you could buy a chemical solution and strip the Zinc coating off of them. People would then coat the coins with mineral oil to try and keep the exposed steel from rusting.
You could also send rolls of steel cents in to companies that would reprocess them for you. For every 100 coins you sent in the company would return 50 to you and keep the other 50 for themselves as their "fee" for doing the work.
Ahhhh...."the good old days"!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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@westernsky - interesting!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Just another scam. Don't let yourself be caught.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
If your not sure .. buy one slabbed. I bought this one, with the thought of breaking it out for my type set .. it is still in the slab.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
604 Posts |
The luster is the telltale sign that it is original and not reprocessed. Nice coin GR!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
998 Posts |
Since the ad clearly states they are reprocessed I don't consider it a scam. Yes, the coins are dressed up to look better but at least they aren't trying to pull the wool over your eyes, they are telling you exactly what you are gonna get...
I keep reprocessed coins in my books as placeholders and my non-reprocessed ones in slabs or flips.
$22 (shipped) for a roll of 50 each is not a real bad deal, it comes out to about 15 cents each. I may have bought them for that price if I really wanted them.
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