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I've seen some newcomers to the hobby visit this site in the past two weeks of so I've been here and I want to let them know that even if they have not found anything yet, they will if they learn and keep looking. Here is a coin that Jeff Young found in circulation. He said he found it within two weeks of buying my book, Strike It Rich With Pocket Change. He read about the 1983 "Copper" (actually Brass) cent that Billy Crawford found and where I put a note in the 3rd edition that if one was found on a 1983 that the 1983-D should be checked too. He looked and he found. The image of the coin in the PCGS slab is his and the image of the raw coin is mine. I have no idea of what these are worth but it has to be thousands. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. 
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I never knew such a coin existed. Wow.
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Coop,
If you need the image for your educational file -- feel free.
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YoshiRules, Did you know my Avatar is a 1983-P Jefferson struck on a -- guess what? A solid pre-zinc copper-alloy planchet. I think only a half dozen or so known. Anybody with 1983-P or 1983-P nickels, quarters or halves on cent planchets needs to weight them. So far I've only heard of them on the P&D nickels.  Edited by koinpro
05/01/2015 11:23 pm
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I just love my Avatar! When I look at the beautiful chocolate brown with gorgeous hints of red, I ask myself why anybody would want full red copper. Of course, Red & Brown is often an ugly coin.
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Congrats. Now that is a SECOND coin I never knew existed. The first penny makes me want to measure the weight of every 1983 penny I get from now on  |
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Of course, Red & Brown is often an ugly coin. I think it flatters President Jefferson myself. |
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So, just to confirm I understand - one would have to weigh the 1983 one-cent coin to ascertain if it was struck on a pure brass planchet, correct? There is not way of knowing from visual observation, right?
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3.1 for copper cents and 2.5 should be the copper plated zinc cents-billy Crawford found his in his pocket change,awesome! Ken,did billy Crawford have his slabbed also? I would imagine so? I put all my '83's aside after I check them for errors to eventually weigh them before I discard them for good...
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Yes, it is best to weigh them. I can usually visually tell the solid copper-alloy from the copper-plated but not always.
Not sure what Crawford did with his coin. What I do know is that at least three people have found copper 1983 P or D cents after they read about Crawford's find in my book. With that being the case I have to guess many more have been found. I know PCGS has certified them from both Mints. I think these are more common than one might think. There could be hundreds of them.
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05/02/2015 01:46 am
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Talking about cents, there is a typo in your book! On page 321 In Strike it Rich, you spelled 'cracked skulls" cracked Sskull" the first time you said it. It is the 4th edition. Maybe you have caught it by now but just wanted to make sure.
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HAHAHA way to call him out Silver . Just kidding . But now like a lot of you I have to start weighing all 8 3 ' s and might as well 84 ' s maybe get lucky
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I have a copper nickel, but it was normal for the planchet to be copper that year:  But it is the year I graduated High school. (a couple of years and it will be the 50th class reunion) |
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I believe this one was found not far from Cincinnati, OH if I recall. I'm several hours away (that's SW ohio, I'm in NE near SlamnBass). Heck, it could have been through my hands CRHing. I remember it on the front page of Numismatic News. I wish I had the article, it was a fantastic read. I remember reading a question that was sent in to Coin Clinic back in the 90's (it's in Book 1, the yellow copy) by the one and only Alan Herbert, saying something that 1983 copper cents didn't exist. I don't remember if Alan was alive when this was discovered, but I know if he wasn't, he'd be quite pleased. |
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SilverStackerKid, There are a bunch of typos, errors in convention, etc., throughout the book more than I can count. I was too ill to edit the text for third and fourth edition and Krause promised they has a staff that would do it. Never got done either time and that really upset me. Between Brian and I, we both contributed content and Brian did the formatting. He was to churn it out and it was my job after that to go over it with a fine toothed comb and catch all the typos, etc. I now know I can't trust Krause to do this but it will get done for the next edition. Thanks for pointing that one out. I don't remember it I noted that one or not. Quote:
Talking about cents, there is a typo in your book! On page 321 In Strike it Rich, you spelled 'cracked skulls" cracked Sskull" the first time you said it. It is the 4th edition. Maybe you have caught it by now but just wanted to make sure. |
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...they has a staff that would do it... First off, on the topic of mistypes/grammatical errors, I believe you should have said "...they have staff that can do it..."  Anyways, I'm not kidding when I say this. I'd help you do some editing as long as you give me a free copy of your book  |
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