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Pillar of the Community
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which coin are you asking/talking about?
the left one appears to have circulation damage
the right one looks almost AU in quality
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Pillar of the Community
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it's hard to explain,because pictures have bad quality, but in originals,left one looks like brass..anyway, thanks for the help, always ready to learn
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Bedrock of the Community
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They are all bronze. 95% copper plus 5% tin and zinc. The Zinc and tin makes them stronger. The color is just the outside affected by the surroundings they are stored in. Different colors. That is all.
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Bedrock of the Community
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All 1966 cents are struck on brass planchets. They eliminated the last of the tin in 1963. All cents struck from then till mid 1982 are copper and zinc only, brass.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks for that Conder101. I missed that side point. Always good to have extra eyes here.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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or this working just for all pennies minted after 1981 year?
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Pillar of the Community
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if it possible I wanna know more about this error(if it is)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pre-1982 bronze/brass alloy cents and post-1982 copper-plated cents are not comparable because the planchets are quite different. Modern Zincolns are supposed to be plated with pure copper but some zinc planchets will occasionally dissolve in the electrochemical plating bath which creates brass plating instead of copper.
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Pillar of the Community
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Okey,how about wrong planchet for pre 1982 pennies, I mean wrong metal,not brass?
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Bedrock of the Community
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That would have to be a Cent on a Dime planchet.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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thank you Coop..how about other metals ?not silver
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Pillar of the Community
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i heard before about stamped penny placed on panama's planchet and couple other countries
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Bedrock of the Community
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That is probably possible.  Gold planchet. |
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Posted 08/28/2013 01:42 am
