I feel this is done with a cigarette lighter heating the coin. There are partial plated coins, but they have a fading color on them:




Sometimes the plating is either removed or re-coated with zinc. There are several YouTube videos about this.

But the real examples of un-plated zinc cents, found have smooth surfaces are the real deal:

So if you see the surface gray in color and there are the appearance of plated over zinc dust, then you should assume that these were plated and was re-coated with zinc.






Sometimes the plating is either removed or re-coated with zinc. There are several YouTube videos about this.

But the real examples of un-plated zinc cents, found have smooth surfaces are the real deal:

So if you see the surface gray in color and there are the appearance of plated over zinc dust, then you should assume that these were plated and was re-coated with zinc.


Richard S. Cooper
Some have asked about my images I use and I'm glad to say, you can now you can see the DVD in sections on youtube:
1. Intro, older coins, toned coins 2. Doubled dies 3. Die events, One of a kind errors 4. So called errors, Coin information 5. Coin information Types and Varieties, Overlays
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Some have asked about my images I use and I'm glad to say, you can now you can see the DVD in sections on youtube:
1. Intro, older coins, toned coins 2. Doubled dies 3. Die events, One of a kind errors 4. So called errors, Coin information 5. Coin information Types and Varieties, Overlays
Jefferson nickel doubled dies Wexler/Rebar complete listings
trail dies:http://www.traildies.com/