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If you examine the reverse, you can still see some of the design features where the metal is displaced. This tells me that it is smashed, not removed.
XRF stands for X-ray fluorescence. In short, it is used to tell what metal something contains.
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You may be right,cwb. You may also be wrong. I am going to get it checked. Thanks to everyone for the input. I'll get back when I know for sure.
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I agree, best to get it checked.
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Compare the color to a zinc cent and a copper cent. if it was copper you could see it. I think just by the look of it it is zinc.
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If this coin is as valuable as everyone says, (provided it's copper), I'd be foolish not to get it checked. I guess I just decided which side of the fence to jump off of.
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I can't wait to collect my multi-thousands of dollars and have my name known by everyone in the Numismatic World, and get a picture of me and my coin on the cover of Rolling Stone Mag, and probably be interviewed by Barbara Walters- followed by a guest appearance on the Ellen show, and... Nope! I'm not going to run my mouth this time. I will wait until verification comes to fruition,(hopefully). Still, I might go ahead and make a shopping list just in case. Also I will never lay claim to the title of King Roll Searcher, as I always remember my roots and friends here at the Forum, and oh there I go again- running my mouth. lol. I'll get back.
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we all are with you,good luck
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I wish you the best of luck, but the facts don't exactly point in your favor. The metal is probably just displaced and not removed. The reading of 2.6 g instead of 2.5 can be explained by an inaccurate or poorly tuned scale. Even so, we're all hoping it's copper!
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It should still sound like a copper penny if it is copper, do you think dropping on wood surface would create anymore damage?
See if it sounds like a zincoln or a copper penny.
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Good idea. Whatever damage that could do wouldn't matter much, considering what's already done.
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do you think dropping on wood surface would create anymore damage I have never tried doing that, so I just tried it. The sound, to me, was almost the same - but the copper penny sounded a little more like a "thud". Am I doing something wrong - or just don't know what to listen for? |
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CoinMaster, Before you get too far into that shopping list please note that the coin below sold for only $1500 +/- in a Heritage sale due to environmental damage on the reverse. It's not all that bad but both me and Fred Weinberg predicted that it would not grade.   Edited by koinpro
06/01/2015 10:32 am
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This is interesting and also reinforces why I haven't gotten into collecting cents yet. There is just so much to learn and so many varieties that I'd be afraid of passing on something. It seems like every time I turn around I am hearing of other varieties and errors. Guess it's time to start really researching and getting into cents. Good luck on the testing. I hope it turns out to be legit.
Does anyone have a quick reference list of varieties to look for? Not trying to hijack this thread. Sorry. lol
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I have not had a chance to do anything with it yet. I see a wide array of opinions as to the value if it turns out to be copper. Does anyone know for certain how many pennies minted in 1983 have been found to be copper? Ken is the one you're showing one of the two known that Slamnbass mentioned or are there more? If there are 10 or 15 and that one sold for around 1500, mine would probably be worth half that. Heck, I could take my knife and skin the edge. The value wouldn't be in the condition. What do you think?
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