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New Member
United States
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Hello I just came across a penny that's not copper and wanted to know what I have.  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Valued Member
United States
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It may have been struck with the wrong metal.
If so, it is an error coin, and may potentially have some value.
However, usually coins made with the wrong metal were struck with the wrong plating, in this case, it would have been for a dime.
The coin would be off center if this were true, and it looks to be in full detail, so I'm not really sure.
Either way, it's a nice find.
Edited by Koinz
07/04/2016 01:26 am
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Moderator
 United States
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@teezythebarber503, first welcome to CCF. Second, there is a better area within CCF for your post to reside. This will help get more eyeballs on it so I'm going to recommend to the mods to move it to the modern US coin area.
Finally, I'll leave it up to the experts to weigh in on your coin, but I believe that the majority of these end up having been plated or dipped in mercury after they left the mint and therefore carry no premium over face value.
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Now the question is, is this a contest or not? I would have expected the coin to be in the coin identification forum or the US modern coin forum... For the picture: I think it's too small to say something useful about the coin. Using a planchet in a 'wrong' material is extremely unusual, especially in modern times. I'd exclude this option as a possibility. One easy way to find out is by putting the coin on a precision scale. It should be about 2.5 gram and have a diameter of 19.05 mm (or something like 0.0625 foot), while it's 1.55 mm (or 0.001695101 yard) thick. I actually go with spence on this one: a lot of coins have been dipped in any other metal afterwards. This isn't exactly a rare practice and doesn't increase the value of your coin. For example, Royal Dutch Shell took thousands Dutch stuivers in the 1970's and gold plated them, to hand them out to their customers a a bonus gift at their gas stations. I still have one of these as a curiosity.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Last 3 boxes of nickels have yielded a 'gold' nickel. It could be a poorly plated planchet got struck, but the picture is too small for a diagnostic. Welcome to CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1042 Posts |
This has evidence of cartwheel luster.
Struck on a zinc planchet and/or
missing the copper layer.
Bigger photos would help.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1998 Posts |
Looks like copper color is showing around the rim, if so it is plated. Could just be the lighting in the photo though
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It does have luster at the same time it appears to have copper showing through also but it's hard to tell I agree much better pics would help
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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IMO the luster shows what a genuine 2002 non-plated Lincoln Cent should look like. |
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United States
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Larger images might show us more. Can't tell what is going on with the images provided.
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07/04/2016 8:58 pm
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