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Bedrock of the Community
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brudea - You could be right or wrong.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I hope Brudea lets us know soon if his coin is an authentic aluminum cent.  My coffee is getting cold. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From United States Pattern Coins (10th ed): "Regular 1942 Lincoln Cent dies are said to have been used to strike coins in pure zinc, copper and zinc, zinc-coated steel, aluminum, copperweld, antimony, white metal, and lead, among other materials." It would stand to reason that the same die pair was used for all compositions. The photos are far too blurry to tell, but the pictured coin does not appear to match J2079. Any of the listed compositions would result in a well-struck example, unlike the pictured coin. Given the obvioius weight differential, it is hard to imagine an aluminum cent circulating for three quarters of a century unnoticed. Any number of NDT composition tests could answer the composition question in a couple minutes. |
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I had a girl weigh it at UPS Store I am not sure if it is correct or anything but she says it weighed either 0.2 ounces or 2 ounces . I dont know what that is in penny weight. I will probably take it back tomorrow to get a definite
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Postal scales weigh to a tenth of an oz, .1 oz would be 2.8 grams or about what a normal copper cent weighs. .2 oz would be 5.6 grams or more than what a nickel weighs. You need to find a better set of scales.
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Bedrock of the Community
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@ brudea  To the Forum. |
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Forum Dad
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Postal scales weigh to a tenth of an oz, .1 oz would be 2.8 grams or about what a normal copper cent weighs. .2 oz would be 5.6 grams or more than what a nickel weighs. You need to find a better set of scales. If it read .2 ounces it's waaaaaaay too heavy to be aluminum. If it weighs 2 ounces you may be in on Jupiter. |
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Pillar of the Community
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If it weighs 2 ounces you may be in on Jupiter  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Why would you weigh a very light coin at the UPS Store in the first place? You need accuracy in 100ths of a GRAM, not in ounces.
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I am very curious to of what u may of found out about your coin because I think I have some weird 1942 penny as well.. I did take it to a coin shop and your right they didnt know nothing about whatever it. Alls he said is that dont even make sense to me. He said yeah its a real penny but the date dont make no sense and thats about all he said other then ill give u a few cents for it because as u can see 1942 pennys I have tons of or something like that and thats when I said no I think ill ne keeping that one until I find out more about it and I happened across this post and had to check to see if u ever found anything out about your coin. Any info would be greatly appreciated..
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Next time your in the coin shop, check out the containers of aluminum coins in their world coins. Pick it up and you will see how light they are. Nothing like a Steel or copper cent. Much lighter.
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to the Community, JussMe76! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Welcome to the Community Jussme76!
This thread is almost 10 months old and we never have heard back from the OP regarding his coin. I call that a "hit and run".
I'd suggest you create a new thread regarding your coin and post good pictures along with its exact weight. You should then get the help you need.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To CCF JussMe76! I have told the moderators to make your post into its own separate thread, so you can get the proper attention you need.  Errers and Varietys.
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Forum Dad
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No point without pictures. I'm locking this topic.  When you get pictures, please start a new topic. |
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