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SilverStackerKid Pillar of the Community United States 6478 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 01:14 am I found these in a penny bag. Pretty strange. They look EXACTLY like real pennies but don't show up on my scale, they look like plastic, do you think these are test planchets? Should I send them to NGC, or PCGS? Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 01:20 am Check the toy section in a Dollar tree store. You can get a bunch of these. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverStackerKid Pillar of the Community United States 6478 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 01:22 am Quote: You can get a bunch of these. Lol. YEah, I probably have a bunch at my grandparents house somewhere from when I was younger. Report this Post to the Staff
Bertensgrad Pillar of the Community United States 1192 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 01:24 am I was so mad when one showed up in my machine rolled nickels. Anything unusual but this lol. Atleast you only paid a cent for yours. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 01:35 am I believe there was a post last month, where someone found them in a store selling for 3 cents each Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12845 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 02:09 am I think it would be pretty funny to send one in for grading. I wonder what you'd get back... hopefully some nice wiseacre grade/comment for your money and trouble. Report this Post to the Staff
T1Steel Pillar of the Community Canada 623 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 02:13 am You would be further ahead buying these at 3 cents each than 100 dollar an ounce NCLTs Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 04:53 am These are authentic test plastic pattern? play money coins. Most plastic coins are injection moulded. Very fine detail can be obtained by this process using thermo plastic as the material. I have considered it it may be worthwhile making low face value official coins by this method, and with this material. Because of the low face value it would not matter much if they were counterfeited. After all, there are lots of $100 bills counterfeited by the very best printing techniques. That is why they have to upgrade the printing technology, perhaps too often. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 8:23 pm Quote: I have considered it it may be worthwhile making low face value official coins by this method, and with this material. They did consider it back in 1942 before they went with the zinc plated steel. Report this Post to the Staff
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