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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:Winner winner chicken dinner! Smooth, lustrous, unblemished surfaces are what you are looking for in an unplated error. Virtually all methods for removing the copper plating post-mint also impair the luster and mar the surfaces. I would say your has had very light circulation(AU-58) but still has that all-important blazing luster. Color me jealous, I think yours is a bit nicer than the one I own  I'll agree with that. In most cases I've seen the plating has either been taken off or it eroded off. This coin does look like one of the few that missed the plating, entirely; it was probably at the end of the strip. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I say yes it is ! 100 lol that's nice sr ! Every one I saw in high grade is in a pcgs slab so you should slab yours as well just like I gonna do with mine !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks pretty good to me. Has the same tone as a nice 43 steelie.
Unless you can find some traces of copper in the cracks and crevices
somewhere. If it was re coated/plated it was a super job done. I doubt it though. Do the edges around the rim look the same as the rest of the coin ? If it was stripped like another mentioned, either that was also
a great job or there would of been some surface damage. A keeper to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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eddiespin said: it was probably at the end of the strip. Cent planchets are cut then plated. Other wise the edge would be un plated on all cents. There is a company that makes the blanks for the U.S. Mint. This planchet just didn't get plated. I would probably put it in an air tight container to keep the zinc from reacting with the air. It's funny a coin this long out in circulation was not affected? |
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 United States
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It's funny a coin this long out in circulation was not affected? Well when I found the coin it was newly minted. Probably around 1995 or so was when I found it. I've had it in a mylar flip or some type of holder ever since. So maybe this has helped preserve the surface. But indeed it has nice luster, a really neat coin. |
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New Member
United States
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Any chance this is a genuine uncoated cent? There are hints of copper (?) on the high points (not the recessed areas) of the obverse. I just found in my son's bag of stray coins.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
None. You can see where the coating was worn through and you can see the plating on the tops of the devices and the rim.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like your pen. This awesome error and all you have to say is that you like the pen.  Man, that made my day! |
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New Member
United States
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I think I found one too! What do you guys think?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks correct by my phone.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1005 Posts |
Very cool! Where'd you find it? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cents struck on unplated planchets are tough to diagnose, especially from a photo. The lead-off coin could be genuine or it might have been plated outside the Mint. A precise weight would help, but ultimately an expert would have to examine it under a microscope.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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New Member
United States
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I was sorting through my money and counting it up to make a deposit and accidentally mistook it for a dime. At first I thought it was a dime that just had a smooth edge but then realized it was penny. I'm going to weigh it when I have access to a proper scale to see if the weight is the same as that of a normal penny.
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 United States
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to CCF QP, Your coin looks normal to me. Also it is not cool to highjack someone else's post,you should make your own post. John1  |
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