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Pillar of the Community
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United States
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Did they designate it as such on the label?
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Pillar of the Community
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I haven't actually seen the label yet, as the coin is still in the mail. Here is a screen shot of the invoice:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yea,I'm thinking they did...cool, do keep us posted
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United States
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I wouldn't know what kind of value it has but I'm glad you sent it in and we got answer because I had an '83 that was between 2.8 and 2.9 (I weigh all my '83's) bout a year or so ago that I kept wondering about and eventually tossed it up to a thick planchet. Can't remember if I tossed it in my reject bin or saved it tho. I'll have to look around this weekend-thanks for sharing results claude
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Awesome cwb great coin !!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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These are the scan results:  The way I understand it, "inconclusive" means it doesn't match a known alloy and is almost 51% Copper & 49% Zinc. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Edited by cwb
03/10/2017 3:36 pm
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United States
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to cwb this very discerning to me trying to seperate cu from zinc by weight
we keep learning all the time. now what? do we have to get an expensive machine to tell the diff that would suk
but anyhow very good info and thanks
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Pillar of the Community
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What a great find Claude :) Congratulations.
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I am still investigating this coin, along with another 1983-D that NGC certified as being 98% Copper & 2% Zinc seen here: https://www.NGCcoin.com/certlookup/2603683-001/They both have the same odd surface texture and neither one match any known alloy for a US coin. I have to wonder if there isn't a mistake on the identity of one of the coins, they look like they were cut from the same stock and both are similar in weight. The other coin is currently for sale. The sellers is leading people to believe that it is a transitional error, but with that alloy, it can't be as the pre-1982 US cents were only 95% Copper, not 98%.  Edited by cwb
04/02/2017 12:33 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Hey Claude ,Canadian cents were 98 % copper but they had a little tin along with the zinc
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That's correct, but in 1983 they were 12 sided and only weighed 2.5 grams.
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