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Pillar of the Community
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I've told the story about this coin before but thought I'd lost it. I found it pushed into the last spot in my Number One Whitman. When I was a little kid (around 1968-ish) my father had a few unusual coins in his jewelry box. I remember sneaking into my parents room when I was home sick and I would play with the trinkets in the box. One item was a chrome plated 1941 LWC. This was probably done in the 1940's or 1950's. My father couldn't remember where he had gotten the coin but he thought it might have come from his father. It has a slight ferrous quality and I'm able to pick it up with a powerfull magent. Nothing like the response with a steel penny and a magnet. Just thought I'd share another one.   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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What a great keepsake!
I've never seen a chrome plated cent before. I wonder if it is unique or if someone made them as a promotional give-away.
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Valued Member
United States
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That's awesome!
And what a great story. No kids here but if we ever get to it they'd be fascinated by the oddities I've stashed about.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great story! Put it in a 2x2 with the info on it for the future.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice coin story. For some reason people used to plate cents with all sorts of other metals. Since yours is now a bit on the magnetic side, might not be Chromed. Could be a Stainless steel plating. Many Cents have been Zinc or Tin plated too. My favorites are the 1943 Copper plated ones.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Since it is slightly magnetic it is quite likely a nickel plating. Nickel is magnetic but there isn't enough of it there for the magnet to get a good "grip" on it so it is only slightly magnetic.
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Great story! Put it in a 2x2 with the info on it for the future.
 Very nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pure chromium is magnetic. From what I've read on the Net (therefore it must be true) nickel does does not have ferrous properties. Plus it looks way too shiny and mercury colored to be nickel. It does not possess the duller grayish nickel color. I've handled numerous nickel plated, highly polished guns and if you don't wipe them off they'll oxidize. This coin has seen a lot of handling and it has never dulled or tarnished. This is why I'm leaning towards Chrome and not nickel.
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From what I've read on the Net (therefore it must be true) nickel does does not have ferrous properties. Nickel is a ferromagnetic material. I do not think Chromium is magnetic on its own, but I know Chromium Oxide is (remember cassette tapes?). Time to do some research (or wait for the smarter people to comment).  |
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Pillar of the Community
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BLUF: Nickel is ferromagnetic (iron, nickel, steel, cobalt and their alloys), chromium is ferromagnetic, but possess weak magnetic properties in the application of plating, the thicker the plating the more magnetic it would be.  http://www.itp.phys.ethz.ch/educati...solid/StonerIf you use a Neodymium Magnet (NdFeB (Neodymium-Iron-Boron) very powerful rare earth magnets) which contains a lot more flux density (lines of force) that most other magnets, you would be able to attract lesser magnetic property items (paramagnetic). Edited by oih82w8
12/04/2012 1:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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That's the same formula they used for my home loan. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Practically any material can be made magnetic. Oddly enough one of the strongest magnets for personal usage is AlNiCo. Note it does not contain Iron at all, just Aluminum, Nickel and Cobalt. Even non metals can and have been made magnetic. And even odder is the massive realm of Stainless Steels. Note with SS as you add certain additional metals to create Surgical Stainless, it looses all magnetic properties. A necessity for operations.
Possibly some of the reasons people plate coins.
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Valued Member
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You guys are amazing! Knowledgable, quick and very funny! Send your home loan formula to Washington so they can apply it to avoid fiscal cliff...
Thanks for the story and the laugh!
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Pillar of the Community
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I like how there is a "stoner" criterion......LOL
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Posted 12/02/2012 9:14 pm
