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doorsy20 New Member Canada 10 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 02:16 am So this is different and I have a 1959 penny, great condition for a circulated penny of that age, in fact the lines of the queens hair are all easily visible. What makes this penny unique though is that it is not copper. This penny has the luster and color of a modern day nickel or dime. I'd like to pick your brains, my first impression is that it may have been plated by someone after leaving the mint. Its the great condition of the coin that leave me hoping this is something more. Thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 03:03 am I have a dozen or so plated coins: gold, silver, copper, nickel and tin plated. Interesting, but not worth much. Pennies, 10 centimes, quarter annas, one double, etc. Some official, some unofficial. I have even had a sterling silver Australian Florin of 1940 gold plated myself. Why? I thought it would be fun! The MOST interesting in my collection is a gold plated Antoninianus of Postumus in 'as struck' condition. The gold plating has the potential to preserve the coin permanently. With the radiate head, the first imagination is to think of it as a BINIO, or double aureus. Unfortunately, it ain't. The coin itself is genuine enough, though. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 11/11/2011 11:29 am What is the weight of your coin? Perhaps you can post a photo for us? One of my coolest plated coins is a 1969 voyageur nickel dollar that someone had gold plated, a neat conversation piece. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Edited by SPP-Ottawa 11/11/2011 11:31 am Report this Post to the Staff
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