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This is the article about heavy copper-zinc plated cents  |
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@4Qeens: To be clear with you. I know about what you parallel from Ken. I know when he talk about. Your coin has the blisters.
BUT, the best way to see exact, it is to go to most close goldsmith store and ask for an XRF which will show the coin material composition. After bring us the result. Thanks.
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Don't get caught up in the weeds with math and other things like that. Your pictures aren't great and it's definitely impossible to determine zinc or not. I've found less is more when shooting a coin. HD will always make it look horrible, unless you're a pro and know exactly what you're doing. Most of the participants are extremely knowledgeable and will tell you exactly how they see it. I value their insight immensely.
It may help to understand the environment as I've understood the forum over time. It is extremely rare to see certain coins. (Retirement Coins) There are multiple "potential" posts daily, essentially creating a poor environment to find positive forward momentum if you really do have something. There's a reason for this, you can't give everyone that possibly finds a "retirement coin" all the hope in the world just to appease them for a day. That said the advice is usually sound.
Make sure you're scale is accurate. After a little bit of practice you can easily tell zinc from copper with a loop. XRF sounds like a good idea. Surefire thing is to take it to a local pro. I hope you have found one of the rarest coins out there. Good luck.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I can hold a zinc coin in one hand and a copper coin in the other and determine the heavier one. (Try it, it is not hard)
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This one might challenge your method Coop.
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Pillar of the Community
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 Maybe 2.5 compared to 3.1. But not 2.9 to 3.1. |
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I saw a PCGS zincoln on GreatCollections errors section yesterday labed "defective zinc planchet " or something to that affect along with the coins weight on label. So there is some TPG recognized underweight (defective) zinc planchets in circulation and some in slabs. This coin? send it to ANACS and in 5-6 weeks a definitive answer as to over weight underweight etc. |
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Finally I got a better scale this is the actual weight for this coin   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The mystery deepens.
An XRF scan as stated should help to determine the types of metal that are present. Sending it in for attribution is the best way to get this one answered.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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This is an interesting one. It's either a zinc planchet well above mint tolerance or a copper planchet well below tolerance. Either way it's an error, but the copper planchet would obviously be far more interesting.
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Only XRF will say, or maybe very nice photos on the side of the coin.
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 This is a 1983 cent weighing 2.9 grams found in change. |
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 This is an up close image of my 1983 cent weighing 2.94 grams |
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Pigeon, Might be a good idea if you start your own thread for your coin.
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