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1 Cent 1973 Gold Color

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abderrahim
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what happened to this one cent? Gold color.


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Looks like it was plated at one time or coated with something.Also appears to be wearing off especially on the obverse
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Looks like gold plating
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Some plating companies show their handy work by plating cents to give out to their customers. I know because I received one from a friend who got his there. What else could you hand out that only cost you one cent and the cost of plating?
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very cool find, a lot people also sell them on ebay a novelty item in bulk they got a whole section at ebay.com/bhp/gold-plated-penny just hope they dont plate my once in a lifetime find penny imagine finding a nice 1909 s vdb but it plated
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