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Welcome to Coin Community, alrightok. It should be sort of obvious - if this coin doesn't stick to a magnet, it's not steel....
There's no real way to tell what it *is* from these images.
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When I look at the pennie it reminds me of the same toning of a Mercury dime. Whats plated ? Should I have it checked ? I cant see anything peeling or I am looking at it in a magnifying glass and I cant see anything unusual. |
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Put a magnet to it. If it sticks, it's steel; if it doesn't stick, it's plated.
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Plated means someone outside the mint added a layer of some other metal to a regular 1942 penny. If it's toned like a Mercury dime, it might be silver plated, but since it was done outside the mint, its only value is as a curiosity. |
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Put a magnet to it. If it sticks, it's steel; if it doesn't stick, it's plated.
He already did, as noted in his first post. Alrightok, "plated" coins have had an electrolysis process to adhere a layer of different metal to their exteriors. In many cases, this was the result of a school science class assignment. In others, it's unscrupulous characters creating fake "steel" Cents from the wrong year to dupe unsuspecting people who wanted to strike it rich with a new numismatic rarity. I lean towards the former explanation for your coin, as it seems to have had some extensive circulation after being plated. Of course, this might not be a plated coin at all; too little is clearly discernible in the images. |
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It has a lot of dirt around the jacket area and in the back. Ok so I learned what plated coins are. As I said I am new to this and do not know the coin industry. I think I just like collecting the dates. I probably have all kinds of double dies and other things. I would not known. That's guys for your help
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If you think you have a double die put it on here and we can help you.  |
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If your camera has a MACRO setting, you can enable that to get clearer pictures. the MACRO setting is typically identified by a flower. A good site to research for Doubled dies is http://www.coppercoins.com. From main page, choose the die variety search to the top left. Slap in the year in the top box. Check the mint location and then hit the go button. |
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Yes, post your double dies!
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 Now here is something for learning. Just go to Google and look up plating. You would find a lot of explanations on how it is done and what it is. Plating and doing all sorts of things to coins has always been a fun project of chemistry students in schools. Coins are melted, plated, inscribed and almost anything possible. |
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We plated 1 cent coins in 8th grade chemistry class for fun. Could even be one that I plated...LOL.
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