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I found this coin and I can't seem to find any info on it. ..any one know anything about it? It is a 1998-D penny, silver in color. It has a slight magnetic pull (the magnetic pull is not as strong as the 1943 steel penny) The magnet will pick it up, but it will slowly slide off. there are no acetone marks, no paint marks, no scratches. I cannot find anything about this. Please help.   |
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how do you tell?
My grandfather collected coins. after he died I got a plastic bin full of pennies and this one was in it. the rest are wheat pennies so far
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If it is magnetic, it is plated with something and considered post mint damage. If it wasn't magnetic there would be a chance that it is an unplated Zinc cent. It looks too shiny for that though, so I am voting on post mint plating.
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If it was unplated, it wouldn't have been really shiny like this one.
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I found a lady in texas who has one just like it
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Pillar of the Community
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Have you tried weighing the coin? A Zincoln will weigh about 2.5 grams.
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If it isn't dime stock which you can tell by weighing it then it's plated which is what it looks like
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Rest in Peace
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 It's been plated. There's no way it left the mint looking like that. Whoever did this did a pretty nice job plating it. Keep it if you like it, but it's not an error coin. Never hurts to ask. Also, good pics. That helps a lot. |
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I concur that it has been plated. Still a cool find, you dont see em to often.
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I don't have a gram scale, but once I find one I will weigh it! thanks!
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Acetone won't leave marks. It doesn't react with inorganic material (which is why it's popular with numismatists).
That being said, I too believe your coin is plated.
Edited by CopperCastle
08/30/2015 11:09 pm
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If you're somewhat interested in collecting, keep it! It's pretty neat and will only cost you a penny.
On a side note, please hold the rest of the coins you look at by the rim. Looking forward to seeing more posts about those wheat cents you mentioned! There's plenty of varieties so make sure you know what to look for, do a little research on misplaced mint marks and double dies
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thank you for all the tips! as you can see, I have a lot of pennies to go through! I am new at this and inherited all of my grandfathers pennies and they got dumped in a bin when his estate was being gone through...he was the collector.  |
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What a shame to see the cents getting dumped into a container like that! Argh! Have you read this? https://goccf.com/t/167629Have fun with your search. |
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