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Poor Man's Way Of Determining If A 1982 Cent Is Copper Or Zinc?

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 Posted 12/22/2017  10:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jimmytheartist to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very useful information. I was wondering if you could do a specific gravity test to not only determine copper from copper zinc, but the silvers from silver plated fakes like my 1873S Trade dollar.
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 Posted 12/22/2017  11:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes you could do a specific gravity test to separate the copper ones from the zinc, but since the first step in doing a specific gravity test is to weigh the item and that gives you your answer right there, there is no reason to do the rest of the specific gravity test.
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