"reprocessed" Steel Pennies

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jpsned Pillar of the Community United States 2200 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 10:40 pm I've been familiar with term "reprocessed" steelies ever since I began collecting 40 years ago, and I've seen them for sale, all bright and shiny. But I've never really known what the term means. What exactly do they do to 1943 pennies to make them reprocessed? Report this Post to the Staff

Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2517 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 10:51 pm I remember reading that it was given a new zinc plating. Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7618 Posts	Posted 12/28/2014 11:02 pm The zinc coating and corrosion is etched off in a chemical solution. The coins are then replated with a new Zinc coating. Original coins will have a frosty matte-like silver appearance. Coins that have been reprocessed will have an almost bluish silver mirror-like appearance. Report this Post to the Staff
Groszy Pillar of the Community United States 589 Posts	Posted 12/29/2014 12:01 am Also, originals have unplated edges...since the blanks were cut from plated sheets of steel. Reprocessed zincs have a plating on all sides of the coin. Easy enough to tell them apart. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 12/29/2014 02:17 am Some early reprocessed zinc cents were plated with chrome or nickel. They are recognizable because they often have very shiny surfaces. Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 12/29/2014 08:00 am Either method; trust me ,you don't want to be collecting reprocessed steel cents. they do nothing to their value , some of them if were heavily circulated before processing - look ugly. I have a few of them I bought 50 years ago as conversation pieces. Tony Report this Post to the Staff
jpsned Pillar of the Community United States 2200 Posts	Posted 12/29/2014 08:58 am Yeah, I agree, seems whatever little value a steelie might have had is automatically destroyed upon reprocessing. It's akin to cleaning. And bright and shiny does not automatically translate to pretty. Reprocessed steelies are butt ugly! Edited by jpsned 12/29/2014 08:59 am Report this Post to the Staff
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