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Valued Member
United States
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The coin weighs 2.5 grams, same diameter as regular Lincoln Cent, looks like a '43 steel cent but is non-magnetic. Photo shows a 1988 as a comparison next to the 1998-D in question. Unable to find any information on coins like this for that year. Share your thoughts.  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Moderator
 United States
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Slight chance it is missing the copper plating. Need coop on this one. Most times the copper plating gets removed by someone using acid to simulate an error. John1  |
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Valued Member
United States
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A chance your coin was plated (there are easy recipes with zinc or mercury) although I'd expect the overall weight to be greater than 2.5 g.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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[deleted due to piggy-back violation]. Sorry!
Edited by aristarchus123
06/06/2016 09:34 am
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Moderator
United States
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Not ok to piggy back,make your own post but no harm done. I see copper areas on your coin aristarchus123 so it was stripped,not an error. John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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PMDUnless the coin has cartwheel luster, there is no way I know of to prove it is an unplated strike. It's quite easy to remove the plating chemically, it's a popular thing to do.
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Moderator
United States
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 that's why I would like to see what coop says. The op's coin looks shiny and not dull. John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree it's probably been stripped.
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Moderator
United States
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I moved this to the V/E sub-forum to catch Coop's eye.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like it was coated over a plated cent. You can see the horizontal linear plating bubbles on the obverse. PSD. |
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United States
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Maybe the plating is very thin and doesn't add much mass, but I recommend you check the accuracy of your balance. If you don't have standard weights just use several pristine post 1982 cents, which should average 2.50 g (each cent should be within the mint tolerance of 0.10 g).
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New Member
United States
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I have this exact same penny
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Posted 06/06/2016 07:43 am
