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Valued Member
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I dont have a scale but it failed the magnet test :(
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Bedrock of the Community
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Failing the magnet test would mean it was attracted to the magnet. If it did that then it is steel not copper.
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If it sticks to a magnet it is a copper plated steel cent. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I am just offering the following pics for help. Individually compare the path of each colored line on the pic of the actual steel cent with its counterpart on where it is drawn on yours. Take careful note of the details the line crosses through - particularly the end poins. I note your pic is slightly more angled than the pic of the actual steel cent, so I don't know how much that would affect the outcome. However, some of those lines, like the one in LIBERTY, take pretty different paths. I also agree the porous surface is seen on cast coins I own some I deliberately bought to study.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The weight would really help.
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Valued Member
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Hmmm... if it sticks to a magnet would the weight make a difference?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Great comparisons Earle. Also the fake halo patina is a dead giveaway for Chinese production. They are getting better at it, but this one is their typical "fool the uneducated" (which you are not, since you asked here  ). |
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Valued Member
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Earle that's great info thx so much
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks Moxking. The program to do this is so simple, small, easy to access, takes screenshots or screen area shots, and no instructions are needed (though available)...and its free! Its called "Monosnap" I use it on a Mac, but just googled it and its also available for Windows.
That entire comparison might have taken 3-4 minutes.
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Wow. Does it matter the angle the 2 photo being compared were originally taken in?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:
I note your pic is slightly more angled than the pic of the actual steel cent, so I don't know how much that would affect the outcome. I don't know for sure how much it might affect it, so I included the above statement in the original post. If you post a perfectly flat pic, then we could all better tell. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2Edited by Earle42
05/03/2018 1:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Them Chinese counterfeiters can't get anything past Earle!!  |
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Yes, that's a fake. The famous Chinese artificial toning and Earle's diagram show why.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The biggest thing missed is this: Look at the die state of the first image of the obverse? If this were a struck through copper cent, then the die state would be EDS. (No die wear) The copper cents were the first ones struck with the new die on the obverse:  Note the die state of this coin for the obverse? That is the clue. No die wear on this coin. The OP's coin shows die flow towards the rim. So whoever created this die, made it with a later die state coin and not a EDS example. Busted The reverses could be used dies, but the obverse for these 1943 copper and the 1944 steel cents should have a EDS fresh die for the obverses as they are the first coins struck with them. Edited by coop
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