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I have a 1954 D Lincoln Cent that is an odd color. It looks a lot like a steel cent but did they make a steel cent in 54? The back of the coin is 100% silver in color. The 54 cent is in the middle. The right is a 43 steel and the left is just a penny from my pocket. And feedback would be grateful. Thank you  |
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Most likely platted. Mercury or chrome. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Magnetic? If so how magnetic does it stick hard to magnets or lightly?
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Pillar of the Community
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 ...someone playing around. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Rest in Peace
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A chemist who shall remain anonymous.
Check the magnetic quality, but it's virtually impossible to be anything other than plating of one kind or another.
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Rest in Peace
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Plated ,either Nickel or zinc .  |
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I have one of these as well. it sticks to a magnet. there seems to be a number of them out there. Anybody know the story?
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF matt neel!  Errers and Varietys.
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matt - Yes, show us pics! I'm guessing it sticks to a magnet only slightly, not solidly - ? to the CCF! |
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The plating looks like white bronze, a 55-25-20 Cu-Sn-Zn alloy. (Despite the name, it isn't actually true bronze.) It's the most common plating used on 1942 and 1944 cents to palm them off as steel. It's cheap, long-lasting, and non-magnetic.
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@ matt neel to the Forum. |
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