1973-D 1c: Shiny Non-Copper Looking - Plated?

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mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:10 am Is this coin worth more than $0.02. What's going on here? Report this Post to the Staff

ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19230 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:15 am I'm thinking plated. Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:19 am Here is the oreo cookie view with our guy in the middle of two normal looking cents. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34431 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:19 am @mdp, can you please add the weight of this cent? Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:28 am If it is plated, would it have been done at the mint thus making it an error? How does one know if it is PMD or not? Another even more unusual trait ot this thing is that the obv. rim is significantly higher above the field compared to the reverse. Is that a variety, an error or just something acceptable as normally occuring? Report this Post to the Staff
SamCoin Pillar of the Community United States 3237 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:30 am This coin is worthless, but for the love of god never hold a coin with metal clamps again!!!!!!!!!!!! You're going to absolutely destroy your collection. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34431 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:31 am All plating would have been done after this coin left the mint, therefore making it damage from a numismatic standpoint. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:34 am Its 3.3 g weight would lead me to believe it's Cu underneath: 3.1 for Cu + 0.20 for Zn plate. Correct? Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34431 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:39 am Ok yes the weight seems to confirm that it is a normal cent that was plated. I'm not sure that this cent wasn't just a little heavier than the target though as 0.2 g seems like a lot of plating. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 11:40 am Quote: ...never hold a coin with metal clamps good catch and I even thought the same thing. but I reasoned that a gentle metal clamp would be preferred to a greasy amino acid-covered finger tip: one just looking for an unsupecting patina to be permanently etched... Report this Post to the Staff
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