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Garoyn Pillar of the Community United States 513 Posts	Posted 05/18/2015 8:12 pm I ran across a 1956 Wheat cent that has been plated with a silver- or steel-colored something, probably intending it to resemble the 1943 steel cent. There's a little damage to the coin, through which the underlying copper shows. Maybe the damage was intentional to reveal the plating. Anybody run across silver-color cent plating? Funny. Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 05/18/2015 8:46 pm Quite common, actually - that was a typical science class project of the day. Sometimes mercury ( ) and sometimes electroplating. We see them pretty often. Report this Post to the Staff
CopperCastle Pillar of the Community United States 1132 Posts	Posted 05/18/2015 9:15 pm I have one with a masonic counterstamp. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 05/18/2015 9:50 pm OR you may have found a very rare. all Silver Cent. Maybe even Platinum. Not uncommon at all for people to plate coins. My favorite is the Copper Plated 1943 Cents. At one time people thought there were no such things as a Copper 43 so kids started making them in chem labs. The 43 Cent has been plated with Copper, Tin, Zinc, Chrome and possibly many other items. Just a lot of fun for some. There was a post some time back on this forum about all the things people do to coins. Sure was an extensive variety of things. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19943 Posts	Posted 05/19/2015 09:11 am Very common, people find them everyday. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/19/2015 11:00 am And then they come on here (or other forums) and ask about them. Once in a blue moon they do actually turn out to be a cent struck on a dime planchet but better than 99.999% of them turn out to be just a plated cent. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188191 Posts	Posted 05/19/2015 11:21 am You do no know until you ask. We have all found something that turned out to be nothing. It is all in how you handle the (bad) news that matters. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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