1982 D Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Unplated Planchet?

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lawest Pillar of the Community United States 1998 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 06:06 am I was out of town on business this past week and got off early one day. I swung by the local Wells-Fargo and asked the teller if they had any old coin rolls in the vault. She replied, "no, but I have this funny looking penny I did not want to put back into a roll". I asked if I could purchaase it... I gave her a nickel in exchange for five cents including the coin pictured. It appears to be unplated and is pretty dirty. Is there a safe way to remove the grime off of this coin? Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 06:37 am Do you know the weight of the coin in question? Unplated would result in a smaller coin, and that looks the same size as the normal coin shown. I think it just has environmental toning/damage. Report this Post to the Staff
jasper62 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 06:51 am Environmental damage IMHO Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 06:59 am ZINC plated plated in high school lab job, on a standard coin. Report this Post to the Staff
lawest Pillar of the Community United States 1998 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 07:36 am Can someone recommend a good scale for weighing coins? I don't have one capable of an accurate reading Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 08:40 am Your coin is PMD. Look for a scale that goes down to 0.01 not 0.1 or if you can afford it go for the 0.001. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 10:44 am Scale won't tell you anything on this coin. If a planchet misses it's plating it will be about .05 grams lighter than it is supposed to be. But since the official tolerance is +/- .1 grams a zinc blank could weigh anywhere from 2.35 to 2.55 grams. A finished cent WITH the plating can weigh anywhere from 2.4 to 2.6 grams. And that assumes that the coin you are looking at is actually within tolerance, not every coin is. So basically you have a complete overlap for the weight ranges for both with and without plating coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Maineman750 Pillar of the Community United States 3592 Posts	Posted 02/14/2015 1:14 pm Condor101 is correct about weight...it will not help you. This coin shows some of the plating still intact and is most likely the result of an experiment or environmental exposure. Report this Post to the Staff
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1982 D LMC Unplated Planchet?