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1994-D Missing Copper Layer Or Plated?

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 Posted 05/19/2023  9:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add surfacewave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@Silvio, do you think it was boiled in an aqueous zinc sulfate solution?
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do you think it was boiled in an aqueous zinc sulfate solution?


Please see my first post on page 1 further down for a link and video, chemistry experiments used hot sodium hydroxide solution as an example to plate cents which was my secondary suggestion for this coin as mentioned there further down in the post if it turned out not to be a unplated zinc planchet. unplated Lincoln cents are difficult to authenticate in even the best of circumstances, even for grading services also as mentioned. Normally they are more greyish white like this one and I'm still learning like everyone else which is many times why I also post links to where I got the info from. https://www.coinworld.com/numismati...g-hobby.html
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A 'copper' coin is dipped into a solution of sodium zincate in contact with zinc. The coin is plated with zinc and appears silver in colour.
This is what LMC would look like
Zinc does not have as much luster as copper does
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just throw a bunch of cents on the electric range top, set the temp to about halfway

turns them red, silver, grey, or gold. Vary the temp and time to tune the results


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